Mayor Eric Adams' City Charter Revision Commission proposed two different reforms for city primary elections. One proposal suggests implementing open primaries, allowing unaffiliated voters to participate, which could democratize the electoral process and reduce the control of party insiders. Conversely, the second proposal introduces non-partisan primaries, where all candidates appear on a single ballot, potentially diminishing the local two-party system and resulting in less competition. Experts emphasize the benefits of open primaries based on successful implementations in other states and caution against non-partisan primaries based on California's negative experiences.
The good one would allow 'open primaries': Voters with no political party affiliation could choose a party primary to vote in when they go to the polls."
The bad reform would create a 'non-partisan primary': All candidates would compete on a single ballot, with the top two vote-winners facing off in the general election.
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