- AZ: Irvin Commentary: 'Open' primary still closed for many - Arizona's open primary still a lock for 2 parties (By: Steve Irvin, ABC15)
- DC: Independent Voter Fracas Heating Up (Posted by Alan Suderman, Washington City Paper) Tomorrow Team Fenty and Team Gray will square off at the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics over whether or not the city’s 72,000 registered independent voters should be able to vote in the Democratic primary next month.
- AZ: Poll: Most Arizonans Want Jungle Primaries (POSTED BY JIM NINTZEL, Tucson Weekly)
- VT: Voters Head To Polls For Primary Election (Melody Bodette, Vermont Public Radio)
- FL: Open primary needed to boost voter turnout (LETTER The Tampa Tribune)
- Primaries coast to coast test Establishment vs. Outsiders (By Dan Balz, Mercury News/Washington Post ) Five states were holding contests -- Arizona, Florida, Alaska, Vermont and Oklahoma -- on one of the last major primary days before the general election in November.
- Vermont Voters Pick Candidates for State, Federal Offices; Leahy Wins Nomination (Fox News)
- Judge rules that Maldonado can continue fight for open primaries (By Kurtis Alexander - Santa Cruz Sentinel/Mercury News) Dutta, who filed suit July 28 to block the measure, says he's not necessarily opposed to Proposition 14 or open primaries, just how they're being implemented. Dutta's lawsuit challenges the legislation implementing Proposition 14, specifically provisions that discard write-in votes in general elections and deny minor party candidates from listing their party affiliation.
- Bell, Stern to lead task force on updating Political Reform Act (Sac Bee)
- Independent voters haven't yet seen what they're looking for in California governor's race (BySteve Lopez, LA Times)
- California Lawsuit Over “Top-Two” Becomes a 3-Cornered Fight (Ballot Access News)
- Cross-Party Endorsements Support Candidates, Not Canons (Newsweek) The For-the-Sake-of-Bipartisanship Endorsement: Hagel is not the only big name endorsement Sestak has in his corner; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has also publicly backed Sestak’s campaign.
- Scott's destiny challenged by third party candidates (Posted by Greg Hambrick, Charleston City Paper)
- DSCC Spends On Consultants, WFP, But Not Espada (By Edward-Isaac Dovere, City Hall News) In the last month, Senate Democrats spent $227,000 on consultants, $69,000 on an additional contribution to the Working Families Party and $253,000 on behalf of a wide range of candidates—including nearly every incumbent facing a primary—but not a cent so far for Espada. [i.e. independence comes with a high price tag... -NH]
- Como, Addabbo jockey for position (BY PETE DAVIS, Queens Courier)
- Newest Councilman Gets a Free Pass (By MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL, Wall Street Journal)
- Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied (Henry J. Stern, Huffington Post)
- Charter Commission Approves Term Limits Question (Gotham Gazette/Wonkster)
- Public yawns while press freaks out over mosque story (Eric Boehlert, Media Matters) I’d sure like to know the last news story that was “trumping all,” as NBC’s Gregory put it, and nearly half of America’s independent voters didn’t even know what the story was.
