Comments on: Democrats, Republicans, Minor Parties, & Independents All Agree: The Top Two Primary is a Bad Idea http://www.freeandequal.org/2009/06/democrats-republicans-minor-parties-independents-all-agree-the-top-two-primary-is-a-bad-idea/ A Free and Equal Elections Foundation Project Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:30:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Steve Rankin http://www.freeandequal.org/2009/06/democrats-republicans-minor-parties-independents-all-agree-the-top-two-primary-is-a-bad-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Steve Rankin Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:28:40 +0000 http://www.freeandequal.org/?p=562#comment-471 <a href="http://southerncrown.blogspot.com/2005/09/should-mississippi-change-its-primary.html" rel="nofollow">Louisiana and Mississippi</a> Louisiana and Mississippi

]]> By: Steve Rankin http://www.freeandequal.org/2009/06/democrats-republicans-minor-parties-independents-all-agree-the-top-two-primary-is-a-bad-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Steve Rankin Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:22:42 +0000 http://www.freeandequal.org/?p=562#comment-469 Here's the article which details the history of Louisiana's "top two" as well as the efforts to impose such a system in Mississippi: <a href="http://southerncrown.blogspot.com/2005/09/should-mississippi-change-its-primary.html" rel="nofollow"> Here’s the article which details the history of Louisiana’s “top two” as well as the efforts to impose such a system in Mississippi:

]]> By: Steve Rankin http://www.freeandequal.org/2009/06/democrats-republicans-minor-parties-independents-all-agree-the-top-two-primary-is-a-bad-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Steve Rankin Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:11:21 +0000 http://www.freeandequal.org/?p=562#comment-468 The following piece was written during the 2004 "top two" initiative campaigns in California and Washington state. Washington voters approved the "top two," and that state first used it in 2008. Litigation is pending against the "top two" in U. S. district court there. 54% of California's voters said "no" to the "top two," as it lost in 51 of the state's 58 counties. <a href="http://southerncrown.blogspot.com/2004/10/will-washington-and-california-cross.html" rel="nofollow"> The piece linked to below was written prior to Washington state's adoption of the "top two." It details the working of the Louisiana "top two," which has existed since 1975. <a href="http://southerncrown.blogspot.com/2005/09/should-mississippi-change-its-primary.html" rel="nofollow"> The following piece was written during the 2004 “top two” initiative campaigns in California and Washington state. Washington voters approved the “top two,” and that state first used it in 2008. Litigation is pending against the “top two” in U. S. district court there.

54% of California’s voters said “no” to the “top two,” as it lost in 51 of the state’s 58 counties.

The piece linked to below was written prior to Washington state’s adoption of the “top two.” It details the working of the Louisiana “top two,” which has existed since 1975.

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