New York’s historic open primary chance

New York’s historic open primary chance

New York has a primary problem. Too many elections are decided in low-turnout, closed partisan primaries, which are disproportionately dominated by special interests — especially in odd-year local elections. Not only that: more than 1 million independent voters in New York City are effectively disenfranchised because they are barred from participating in the elections that matter most. This is a prime driver of polarization and hyper-partisanshi…