“We have to be sure our elected representatives have the right incentives. Today, how we finance elections and HOW we elect our representatives with partisan primaries provide the WRONG incentives. We can change both.” #ChangeTheIncentives @representus americandemocracysummit.org

Georgia voter here. The ballot was very long and I truly believe many people who didn’t do their research before going to vote and selected a “Democratic” ballot thought they were probably voting between various Democrats in a primary type situation not a Republican vs a Democrat, with the down ballot races especially.

🚨Georgia broke its early-voting turn out record on Monday, says ⁦@GaSecofState⁩. “The first day of early voting saw record turnout for a midterm primary election, seeing 35,352 Georgians cast their ballot in-person, a 29 percent increase over the 2022 primary election.”

Gov. @iamwesmoore told @billmaher, "I think the closed primary process has run its course. The fastest growing political party in this country right now is independents. It's people who are saying I do not affiliate with Democrats and I do not affiliate with Republicans." Gov. Moore added, "Here's the problem: independents cannot vote until November. Their voice cannot be heard. By November it doesn't matter. You have a system where more and more people are disenfranchised and more and more people are taken out of the process. So I think the whole idea of a closed primary system is one that has to be reevaluated because if you believe in democracy, let people's voices be heard and don't make them have to affiliate with a political party." Listen to the episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

“Why should you spend half of the election ostracizing or isolating half of the people you're going to be representing?” - Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) From 2015–2025, Louisiana had open primaries—until a recent rollback. In this clip, Graves explains why he believes closing primaries is a step backward for representation. Watch what he says:

"It's hard not to think...that seeing what Donald Trump has done with his power has caused at least some wake-up call." Andrew Weissmann talks Justice Gorsuch's tariffs concurrence with @SarahLongwell25 on The Illegal News:

What does the For Our Freedom Amendment do — and why does it matter? Read all about it. 👇 👓 bit.ly/3Mms4yI

I’d like to remind my Republican friends and leaders in West Virginia that will be deciding this weekend whether or not they keep the Republican primary closed: this is a move that would shut out thousands of West Virginia voters. Closed primaries serve parties, not people. If we want better candidates that produce better outcomes, we need competition, not control. Voters should choose their politicians, not the other way around. I’m an independent, and independents are now the largest voting bloc in America and a very large and growing voting bloc in West Virginia. Shutting the door on that many voters isn’t just unfair - it’s politically short-sighted. If you care about good and fair representation in West Virginia, now is the time to be heard. Reach out to your elected Republican representatives and tell them to please keep our primaries open. wvmetronews.com/2026/01/06/c… Visit AmericansTogether.org to learn more about how we can make elections fairer and more competitive across the country.

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