This November, Arizona voters will be given the chance to move their state away from semi-closed primaries and open them to all registered voters.
A referendum on the ballot from Make Elections Fair Arizona asks whether the current system, in which independents are forced to pick up either a Republican or Democratic ballot on primary day, is unjust. If approved, the referendum would reform the Arizona Constitution to do away with the current primary system and replace it with a single, open primary.
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