Opinion: Jackie Salit - October 3, 2019
Democrats will pay dearly for excluding independents from presidential primaries. They need independents to win in Arizona and nationally.
The Arizona Democratic Party voted down a resolution on Sept. 21 to open the party’s presidential primaries in March to the state’s 1.3 million independent voters.
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Dennis Welch - September 25, 2019
TEMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes left open the possibility that he might sue the state to let independent voters participate in Arizona's Presidential Preference Election.
"I think all options are on the table right, now," Fontes said Tuesday during a stop at ASU's Tempe Campus to register new voters.
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Shawn Griffiths - September 24, 2019
The Arizona Democratic Party has given the state’s 1.3 million independent voters a hard snub ahead of the 2020 election. Party officials rejected a proposal Saturday to open its presidential preference election, despite urging from younger party activists and nonpartisan reformers to support the idea.
Instead, both major political parties continue to send voters a clear message: “Pick a party” or don’t vote.
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