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  2. United States presidential primary - Wikipedia

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    Each party sets its own calendar and rules, and in some cases actually administers the election. However, to reduce expenses and encourage turnout, the major parties' primaries are usually held the same day and may be consolidated with other state elections. The primary election itself is administered by local governments according to state law.

  3. Primary election - Wikipedia

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    Primary elections or primaries determine which candidates will run for an upcoming general election.In Party primaries, a political party selects a candidate. Depending on the state and/or party, there may be an "open primary", in which all voters are eligible to participate, or a "closed primary", in which only members of a political party can vote.

  4. Open primaries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana primary is the common term for top-two runoff voting system where all candidates for the same office appear together on the ballot in the general election, and if none win a simple majority, a runoff or second round election for the two top candidates is held a short time later to determine the winner.

  5. Elections in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The restriction and extension of voting rights to different groups has been a contested process throughout United States history. The federal government has also been involved in attempts to increase voter turnout, by measures such as the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The financing of elections has also long been controversial ...

  6. National primary - Wikipedia

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    A national primary is a proposed system for conducting the United States presidential primaries and caucuses, such that all occur on the same day (not currently the case). Early attempts [ edit ]

  7. EXPLAINER: The differences between Democrats' 2 voting bills

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    The Democratic Party's hopes of passing a massive overhaul of elections may have suffered a fatal blow when West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin became the first member of the party to say he wouldn't ...

  8. General election - Wikipedia

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    A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of an elected body, typically a legislature. [inconsistent] They are distinct from by-elections, which fill a seat that has become vacant between general elections.

  9. Voting - Wikipedia

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    A history of voting in the United States from the Smithsonian Institution. A New Nation Votes: American Elections Returns 1787-1825 Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine; Can I Vote?—a nonpartisan US resource for registering to vote and finding your polling place from the National Association of Secretaries of State. Chisholm, Hugh, ed ...