Ryan NicolJanuary 16, 2019
4min472
70 percent of Florida voters support the two parties opening their presidential primaries to independents.
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Ryan NicolJanuary 16, 2019
Danny McAuliffeNovember 13, 2017
7min668
With Constitution Revision Commissioner William “Bill” Schifino Jr.’s recent proposal to open Florida’s primaries, a nationwide movement has some steam in the Sunshine State. Specifically, the change proposed by Schifino—a Tampa attorney and 2016-2017 president of The Florida Bar—would allow independent voters to cast ballots in primary elections. Florida’s constitution currently provides for closed primaries: Elections […]
Guest AuthorMay 18, 2016
6min271
Bob Sparks, an articulate and well-regarded writer for this publication, simply got it wrong when he offered that voters have plenty of choices without open primaries. They do not. His premise is that voters already have the choice to join one of two major political parties if they want to participate in — case in point […]