Bill Schifino, a member of the Florida Constitutional Revision Commission, has submitted this proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution. It is proposal P62. The Commission will vote on whether to include this idea, in early 2018. The Commission has the power to put ideas for changing the state constitution on the November 2018 ballot.

Schifino’s proposal says that independent voters are free to choose any party’s primary ballot.

Currently, Florida has closed primaries, except that if only members of one party file for any particular office, then all voters can vote in that primary. Except for those special kinds of elections, Florida is the only state in the south in which independent voters cannot vote in any primaries.

Here are the election returns for New York city, from the November 7, 2017 election. The most important office up was Mayor.

One of the ironies is that Sal Albanese, who placed third, was not allowed into the mayoral general election debates, but Bo Dietl, who placed sixth, was in those debates.

The daily newspaper for Opelika and Auburn, in Alabama, here covers two write-in candidates who are campaigning for the U.S. Senate, in the December 12 special election. They are Republican Mac Watson and Libertarian Ron Bishop.