Quote Originally Posted by merl View Post
The biggest and best change that could be made to state govt is to change how primaries work. Allow anyone to vote in one of the primaries, not just registered members of the party. Too many elections are decided in the primaries which means if you aren't a member of that party you have no voice at all.
Terrible idea. That lets Democrats pick our candidates for us. That's how we ended up with Maes running for governor in 2010, and might have been a factor in getting McCain in 2008 and Romney this last time around.