EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Sandy Steinbach
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/26/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Open Primary
Definition : |
Comment : | Primary election in which voters, regardless of political affiliation, may choose in which party's primary they will vote. 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 also [delete: are] may be permitted to vote on nonpartisan offices and ballot issues that are presented at the same election. Association: voting Source: VSS, IEEE 1583