Some justify closed primaries on the ground that private entities can conduct business as they wish. But govt is facilitating that business.
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Nominating contests are not "private" affairs when the method of selection is via government-run polling places and vote tabulation.
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NY's problems are compounded by a set of peculiar factors. But even if those factors were negated, it wouldn't justify a closed primary.
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Plus, there's conflicting caselaw as to whether a political party can be said to be a strictly "private" entity in the first place.
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