This article says that the President of the Louisiana Senate, and the Lieutenant Governor, predict that next year the Louisiana legislature will eliminate the closed primary that is being used for congressional elections this year. … Continue reading
Filing has closed for the June 2026 California top-two primary. The gubernatorial candidates of the Socialist Workers Party and of the American Solidarity Party each qualified, although the law won’t allow their party names to be listed on the ballot. … Continue reading
On March 7, the Alabama Republican Party passed a resolution asking the legislature to pass a bill to close primaries. See this story. There is no bill currently pending in the legislature on that subject. … Continue reading
On March 6, the Oregon legislature adjourned. HB 1330, which would have created a hybrid primary system, failed to pass. The bill would have used a top-two system, but with the extra provision that a party that had no nominee … Continue reading
New Hampshire HB 1330 was defeated in Committee last month by 13-3. It would have allowed voters to choose any party’s primary ballot, regardless of how that voter was registered.
