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Commissioner Kathryn Wylde and Susan Lerner discuss the history of opposition to open primaries
0:49:13
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Susan Lerner states that organizations they work with, beyond the 27 on record, are asking for more information and time to understand open primary proposals, feeling uninformed.
Commissioner Kathryn Wylde counters that many of the organizations opposing open primaries have held that position for over 20 years, implying their stance is not new.
- Lerner reiterates that many groups feel they haven't had a chance to delve into the details of what form of open primary would be suitable.
Kathryn Wylde
0:49:13
Those organizations have been on record against open primaries for twenty years plus.
0:49:19
This is nothing new.
0:49:20
So You know that, Susan.
0:49:22
So
Jen Gaboury
0:49:22
it's a
Kathryn Wylde
0:49:22
little disingenuous to testify otherwise.
Susan Lerner
0:49:25
So among the organizations that we work with, over 50 organizations that are way beyond the 27, that represent communities across the city.
0:49:40
All of them have come to us and said, what is going on?
0:49:43
Why did we not know about this?
0:49:45
And what are we supposed to make of it because none of our people have come to us about open primaries and we need some time to figure out what this is about.
0:49:56
So it's not a question of opposing open primaries, although we now are seeing a more polarized situation, but again, it's going into the details of figuring out what form of open primaries would work here.
0:50:09
And I have to say that the research is pretty overwhelming in terms of the California system not doing very much of anything other than rearranging the furniture.