Sentences with phrase «non-postal open primary»

Another reason floated for the polling discrepancy: Michigan's status as an open primary, in which registered Democrats and Republicans can vote in the other party's primary.

Wal - Mart (WMT) recently started opening primary - care facilities in Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas with $ 40 appointments.

Probably a slightly more likely scenario with a political campus group than a religious one (as we can see by Democrats who voted for Santorum in open primary states, because they thought he would be more likely to lose to Obama), but who knows?

They are almost certain to target a DP signing in the secondary transfer window rather than the currently open primary window.

California has an open primary system, which means that generally speaking, voters are not restricted by party as to for whom they can vote.

I still worry that in an open primary - even when all parties hold them on the same day and you can only participate in one - there is a possibility of candidate selection being affected by non-supporters.

Ultimately, people will gravitate towards closed rather than open primaries in my view: (i) open primaries would need state involvement so are a deeper proposition (you need to run them concurrently and they would be too costly for the parties if done properly); (ii) vested interests may well prevail if the proposed reform is not building on the current system (as indeed they have in the Tory party where they experimented with this quarter - heartedly).

She is so independent - minded and brilliant, in fact, that the Tories never did another open primary.

Both your points about freedom of association and democracy are interesting but only valid, I believe, in the unique case of a free - for - all open primary where anyone can vote.

Open primaries aren't a catch - all solution.

But Will also leaves open the possibility of a purely open primary which takes us back to the original problem - we would just have to hope that those voting in the primary share enough of a party's values not to undermine it as an effective community of shared belief.

Instead, let me set out what I see as the problem with free - for - all open primaries and the rules that I would put in place to address them.

Tory MP Sarah Woolaston, who was picked by open primary, has proved independent - minded and brilliant.

In the section of his paper addressing criticisms, he doesn't directly address the criticism that open primaries threaten freedom of association by opening up candidate selection to the general public (who may or may not share the values of the party).

I'm still unconvinced that Will has taken the full measure of the criticisms of «open primaries» as illiberal and bad for democracy.

But open primaries would just make elections into such a long and arduous process where government is seen as this far away and dangerous place, that we could end up with an American style anti-government culture, which would make ending child poverty and funding public services much harder.

Open primaries, not just for the mayoralty but also for parliamentary candidates, are one of the easiest democratic moves a party can make.

A party selects their candidate for an election through an open primary election.

I especially want to thank the Conservative Party chairmen of NY27 who supported me and an open primary giving the voters a choice on June 26th: Chairmen Art Munger of Genesee, Chairman Allen Lofthouse of Orleans County, Chairman Jason McGuire of Livingston County, Chairman Michael Kloppel of Ontario County, and Chairman Dan Weiss of Niagara County.

The shopping list which has been dusted off includes fixed term parliaments, proportional representation, electronic voting, term limits for MPs, open primaries to select MPs, a written constitution, a smaller House of Commons, House of Lords reform and reducing the power of the whips.

However, the way the Tories have it working is (as I understand it) that the local party still has right of refusal of whichever candidate is selected by open primary.

And crucially, the «median voter» isn't going to go and vote in an open primary.

If the country were to go down the line of Totnes - style open primaries then someone had better start talking about where the # 50m + to organise them is going to come from.

Int he US, in the small number of states that use Open primaries, all voters that register to support your party and those that have not registered to support a different party get to vote in the selection.

Anthony: my post is clearly addressed specifically to open primaries.

Should be a special election to replace Latimer, the party nominees would be selected by committee members rather than in an open primary.

So my concern with open primaries is rather different.

He focused on Sarah Wollaston, the Tory MP selected in an open primary, who was not elevated to Cabinet at the last reshuffle.

The big thing I don't get in this vogue for «open primaries» is that no one advocating it seems to have done their homework.

Your hypothetical «median voter» is going to hold very different views depending on where they live - so an open primary in Oxford or Camden is going to be very different to one in rural Sussex or Cornwall.

On 21 November 2009, in an open primary, Dom was selected to represent the Conservatives in Esher and Walton.

Zac was selected as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Richmond Park and North Kingston at an Open Primary In March 2007.

After a few months of indecision the centre - left coalition agreed to select its leader through real and contested open primaries.

Open Primaries are a vital corrective to the fetid little world of the political courtier and careerist in the Liberal elite

The other reason the Tories are so keen on open primaries is that it's a novelty which makes the party look changed.

Katwala raises an open primary as one way to thwart open up a Livingstone candidacy to wider -LSB-...]

Well, Huntsman has said that he's focusing his primary energies right now on New Hampshire, which has an open primary.

Primary: Texas has an open primary system, in which any registered voter can choose which party's primary to vote in, without having to be a member of that party.

All - women shortlists are a better idea than open primaries.

Primary: Minnesota has an open primary system, meaning any registered voter can vote in any party's primary.

Former GP who was chosen as Tory candidate in UK's first open primary says her decision pivoted on likely damage to the NHS

Since 1988, the early Republican front - runner went on to win the nomination in three of the five open primary campaigns.

Holding an open primary could help to maximise the party's chances in the next Mayoral race.

It really does defeat the idea of open primaries, which are about as close as you are going to get towards fielding candidates that the public want to represent them if you are going to gerrymander the lists.

Since its an open primary, center and center right voters are allowed to vote, and that is to whom Huntsman appeals.

I note the recently arrested Conservative PPC for Watford, Ian Oakley, was selected by open primary.

Douglas Carswell on all - women shortlists and the differences between open primaries and caucases (Which is what Bracknell was, apparently): http://www.talkcarswell.com/show.aspx?id=1083

It's possible that under an open primary, Mr. Sanders could defeat Ms. Clinton in New York, or come much closer to winning.

[2] An open primary seems to me to make considerably more sense in a Mayoral direct election — perhaps especially in London -

To anyone wondering how to bypass the innate prejudices of the various party committees, I would have thought the method was obvious: open primaries, as espoused by Dan Hannan and Douglas Carswell.