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Originally Posted by Pballer
Seeing as the government knows that voters will not have a choice of commissioner in the general election, they should allow anyone to vote for commissioner in the primary. Making a voter jump through hoops to switch their party affiliation back and forth in order to exercise what should be their right to have a say in who their commissioner will be just seems like a highly successful attempt at voter suppression.
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If there is only one party fielding candidates such that there will be no choice in the general election then the primary IS open to everyone.
In THIS election, there is NOT just one party fielding candidates. In this election there are individuals registered as write-in candidates. Therefore, there WILL be a choice in the general election so the primary is closed.
Now, are these truly legitimate candidates or are they "ghost" candidates whose only interest is to close the primary? The action appears to be legal but yes, it also appears to be legal voter suppression.
Google "ghost candidate," see the number of articles discussing this around the state, then work to have the law changed.