The implementation keeps the primaries throughout the state as-is.
Right now, Missouri’s primaries are “open” in the sense that you must vote within a party, but you can choose which party at any time. This would stay the same, but in both the primary and general, approval voting would be used. The campaign chose this system-wide change as the easiest option.
Additionally, approval voting would allow for independents to be viable candidates in the general.
The implementation keeps the primaries throughout the state as-is.
Right now, Missouri’s primaries are “open” in the sense that you must vote within a party, but you can choose which party at any time. This would stay the same, but in both the primary and general, approval voting would be used. The campaign chose this system-wide change as the easiest option.
Additionally, approval voting would allow for independents to be viable candidates in the general.