In order to pass a state budget earlier this month, lawmakers granted Senator Abel Maldonado a package of demands. Those demands included agreeing to place before voters a constitutional amendment for an ‘open’ primary. Could the passage of this measure, which is opposed by both major political parties, make elections more democratic? We explore the potential impact of an ‘open’ primary system on state government.
Guests:
Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California
Chris LeHane, democratic consultant
Steven Hill, director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute
Allan Hoffenblum, owner of Hoffenblum and Associates, publisher of The California Target Book
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