I don’t have a problem with open primaries. However, I have a BIG problem with taking the people who didn’t show up to vote in the primary or general election and allowing them to vote in a runoff. That’s not how we do it in Georgia. Here, they get a list of everyone who voted in the general (or each primary) and use those as the eligible lists for the runoff.
I do. It allows an opposition party with a settled candidate to help pick their opponent.
How does GA keep a registered voter who didn’t vote in a given primary from voting in the runoff? Doesn’t seem kosher in a state with open primaries. Say, for example, I vote at every election, and in every GOP primary. I get sick and miss a primary that ends in a runoff. I can’t vote in the runoff?
As I understand it, in MS registered voters who didn’t vote in the Democrat primary are eligible to vote in the runoff?
We have a Dem primary here this coming Tuesday and I would be so tempted to vote in it since whoever wins the D primary WILL be our next Congressthing. Problem is a) none of them is worth voting for even as a default, and b) I don’t want to get on the Democrats call/mail list.