That would only work if both had contested primaries, otherwise the Dems would engage in chicanery with our side as per usual. But we need to REGISTER voters by party and enact runoffs for less than 50%. No more plurality victories by people reflecting only a minority of the base voter preference.
Register to party and in "Primary" elections only then have a one primary cycle lock out on change of party voters. IOW no changing parties in May to go vote in the other parties primaries and change back in time for next primary. A one Primary Lock Out of the upcoming primary from time of change of party would stop the nonsense.
That would only work if both had contested primaries, otherwise the Dems would engage in chicanery with our side as per usual. But we need to REGISTER voters by party and enact runoffs for less than 50%. No more plurality victories by people reflecting only a minority of the base voter preference.
It is interesting how many folks take themselves out of the election process by not understanding that in some states if you are not registered as a dem or rep, you can’t vote in the party primary.
There are eleven states with open primaries, eleven with closed primaries and the rest have a mix of open and closed.
I wouldn’t argue against your ideas, unfortunately your State Legislature is in charge of election law, and getting states to enact runoff law where the primary winner must have at least 50 percent of the vote could be a tough one in some states.