{"id":8119,"date":"2016-02-05T14:39:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T21:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=8119"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:02:13","slug":"should-new-mexico-move-to-open-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/should-new-mexico-move-to-open-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Should New Mexico Move To Open Primaries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 5, 2016 &#8211; This week o<em>n New Mexico in Focus<\/em>, we look at legislation that could give voters the chance to vote to change how the state&#8217;s primary elections are operated. Bob Perls from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmopenprimaries.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Mexico Open Primaries<\/a> sits down with producer Sarah Gustavus to talk about why he believes opening up primary voting to people who aren&#8217;t registered Democrat or Republican will help increase engagement in politics and civic life. Host Gene Grant and this week&#8217;s Line opinion panelists also discuss the idea of open primaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O3Pyewd0UrM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gwyneth Doland\u00a0also reported recently on the open primary legislation for the<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@NewMexicoPPD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> People, Power and Democracy<\/a> project. Listen to her story on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kunm.org\/post\/voters-could-choose-open-primaries#stream\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KUNM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>People, Power and Democracy is a collaborative media project between <a href=\"http:\/\/kunm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KUNM<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nmindepth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Mexico in Depth<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmexiconewsport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Mexico News Port<\/a>and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Mexico PBS<\/a> that explores the influence of money in New Mexico politics.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Support for the \u00a0project comes from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thornburgfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thornburg Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You can follow\u00a0reporting from our partners\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplePowerAndDemocracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewMexicoPPD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 5, 2016 &#8211; This week on New Mexico in Focus, we look at legislation that could give voters the chance to vote to change how the state&#8217;s primary elections are operated. 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