Commissioner Sharon Greenberger acknowledges the significant public interest in open primaries and states the commission is acting in response to this urgency, including extensive staff research and upcoming public meetings to consider implications. She then asks Susan Lerner, given this perceived urgency, why Common Cause New York advises against putting an open primary measure on the ballot now.

Lerner responds that while there's urgency in these discussions, it's not necessarily a bottom-up demand from voters. She says voting advocates report that voters are still absorbing recent changes like RCV and need more time to understand the electoral landscape before further significant reforms.