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Chair Buery asks about party labels on nonpartisan primary ballots
1:53:42
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Chair Richard R. Buery Jr. asks Jeremy Gruber if his preferred nonpartisan primary model would preclude candidates from having their party affiliation listed on the ballot.
Gruber states he does not object to including party labels, acknowledging that research shows voters find them useful informational cues, and it is a common feature in many nonpartisan systems.
Richard R. Buery Jr.
1:53:42
Let me follow-up on commissioner Weisbrot's question.
1:53:45
So for the nonpartisan single primary, do you would you object to that nonpartisan primary where candidates are allowed to affix a party label?
1:53:56
Or or when you say nonpartisan primary, do you mean an Yeah.
Jeremy Gruber
1:53:59
There's different forms of nonpartisan primaries.
1:54:02
I don't object to candidates putting their their party affiliation on the ballot.
1:54:08
Every state that we've looked at, city we've looked at, the truth is is that voters like it.
1:54:14
They they see it as an indicator of of what that candidate stands for, and, and so I think that's perfectly appropriate.
Richard R. Buery Jr.
1:54:24
Thank you.