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Commissioners discuss prioritizing ballot proposals and the specifics of open primary reforms
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Commissioner Leila Bozorg then raises questions about prioritizing the numerous reform ideas, suggesting some might be achievable through legislation rather than ballot initiatives.
She also seeks clarity on how the commission will approach recommending a specific model for open primaries, given the variety of options discussed, and whether state-level processes might influence this decision (Commissioner Wylde begins her interjection at sentence 527).
- Bozorg questions which reforms are most critical for a ballot initiative versus those that could be addressed legislatively.
- She inquires about the process for selecting a particular open primary system from the various models presented.
- There's a consideration of how state actions might intersect with local decisions on election reforms.
Leila Bozorg
0:58:29
I was also wondering, if the staff has thought about or how we should think about there's so many good ideas here, and and probably not all
0:58:48
the ballot.
0:58:49
That's worth thinking about what are the most critical ones that really need to be on a ballot versus could be amendments through other other means.
0:58:58
And then similarly or not similarly, separately, on the open primaries, it seems like there's we've we heard about so many different themes.
0:59:06
Yes.
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Different primaries.
0:59:07
And how to think about the pros and cons of those different types of approaches, and whether we'd have to make recommendations on any specific one by the end of this process, or whether the kind of follow-up process that that happens with state could inform that.
0:59:28
Interesting question.
Sharon Greenberger
0:58:37
of them will turn into recommendations.
0:58:40
Are there certain types of recommendations?
0:58:42
We've heard a lot that actually there could be consensus for charter reform through legislation or through other means other than putting it on
Carl Weisbrod
0:59:05
Different themes.
0:59:32
My understanding is that we don't with respect to open primaries, that's strictly local issues.
0:59:37
That's correct.
0:59:38
Just the even
Kathryn Wylde
0:59:28
But then we'd have to get similar I I
Diane Savino
0:59:39
So on the