Reply #68: Well I live in Maine and can tell you Clean Elections are a

[GreenPartyVoter]

beautiful thing. :^) As far as same-day primaries, I think using instant runoff ballots will help somewhat in terms of letting people choose their favorite candidate AND their pragmatic choice,

As far as not getting out to be in touch with the voters the candidates can still do that. Just hold the primary at the same time you always hold the LAST one now. :)

The money issue is of course, a concern, but I think it's still worth giving it a shot if we can make it work. Better than having so many voters in one's own party feeling as though they have no power because their primary comes too late, or because they have to agonize between the candidate they want to vote for vs. the "electable" one.

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