The problem with closed primaries is that they're the product of parties' self-interested rule-making being enshrined in state law.
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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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