EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Sue Sautermeister
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/15/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Open Primary
Definition : |
Comment : | Open Primary: Primary election in which voters may vote, regardless of political affiliation. Some states require voters to publicly declare their choice of party ballot at the polling place, after which the poll worker provides or activates the appropriate ballot. Other states allow the voters to make their choice of party ballot within the privacy of the voting booth. Voters are also may be permitted to vote on nonpartisan offices and ballot issues that are presented at the same election. (Note: too many verbs are used in sentence marked above)