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Califonz

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5. Major parties would probably pass "jungle primary" legislation

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 06:42 PM

May 2016

So a new party getting started would need around 20% to 30%+ of the vote right from the beginning just to be on the November ballot, after the primary.

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