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Neutral Open Primary messages:

Likely, your representatives have not heard of Neutral Open Primaries or BTR-Score; so it is essential to include a link to the article: https://voters.army/neutral-open-primaries/

Neutral Open Primaries:

I just read about Neutral Open Primaries at https://voters.army/neutral-open-primaries/. Finally, something that makes sense! Right now, most races are over before November because primaries lock in safe-seat winners. That’s not fair to voters like me who want real choices.

Neutral Open Primaries use a blanket primary designed to be fair to all parties and candidates. Four candidates advance to the finals. BTR-Score replaces plurality voting in the finals. It is better than plurality voting and Ranked Choice Voting.

Please work to bring Neutral Open Primaries to our elections. I want to see more than just two options; I want independents and third parties to have a chance.

Our current election system is inadequate. Neutral Open Primaries (https://voters.army/neutral-open-primaries/) is a common-sense version of blanket primaries. It would restore competition and increase voter turnout by providing us with real options. Independents and third parties would get a fair shake. Please look at this new idea. Time is running out to save the integrity of our elections.

BTR-Score

I read about a new voting system called BTR-Score in an article about blanket primaries. It's like score voting; give your favorite candidate six points, the worst candidate zero, and rate the others in comparison.

A tournament determines the winner. The candidate with the highest total score wins the top seed; the lowest score is the bottom seed.

The two lowest seeds meet in the first contest of the tournament; the candidate preferred on most ballots wins. If you gave Candidate A four points and Candidate B two points, your vote goes to Candidate A. That winner meets the next lowest seed. This continues until the survivor meets the top seed. That contest elects the winner.

BTR-Score is a Condorcet system, so it will always elect the candidate who can beat all the other candidates one-on-one. If there is no "Beats All" winner, BTR-Score will elect a deserving winner, the champion of the tournament.

You can read the article at: https://voters.army/neutral-open-primaries/

Both:

Let's be honest, the current system has failed. In most districts, party loyalists pick the winners in the primaries. Neutral Open Primaries would fix that by giving everyone fair shot — Democrats, Republicans, independents, and third parties alike. A blanket primary designed to be fair to all parties and candidates selects four finalists, creating actual competition in the final round.

The finals use BTR-Score voting. It is a Condorcet method, so it will elect the candidate who beats all the other candidates one-on-one. We need to dump plurality voting; it has major problems in every election with over two candidates.

Please support common-sense reform. Read about it at https://voters.army/neutral-open-primaries/

for Independent Voters

I’m an independent voter. In every election, I feel like my voice is silenced. By the time the general election arrives, the choice is already made. Neutral Open Primaries could give people like me a real say.

To be honest, I never heard of Neutral Open Primaries until I read this article: (https://voters.army/neutral-open-primaries/). Our current system is rigged against third parties and independents. American elections should be fair to all candidates and parties.

Please consider this reform. I want my children to grow up in a democracy where every citizen, not just party insiders, has a voice.

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