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  2. 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.

  3. United States presidential primary - Wikipedia

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    This process is designed to choose the candidates that will represent their political parties in the general election. The United States Constitution has never specified this process; political parties have developed their own procedures over time. Some states hold only primary elections, some hold only caucuses, and others use a combination of ...

  4. Elections in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The date when primary elections for federal, state, and local races occur are also at the discretion of the individual state and local governments; presidential primaries in particular have historically been staggered between the states, beginning sometime in January or February, and ending about mid-June before the November general election.

  5. Primary elections are coming up. Here's what to know. - AOL

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    The primary election helps narrows down the candidates - from presidential to local commissioner boards - who will then be on the November general election ballot.

  6. March election is not really a ‘primary,’ but it is most ...

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    Since this election contains both a primary and a general, state leaders could use the ballot to explain the distinction to the public. Donald Trump should win the California GOP presidential primary.

  7. What would Proposition 1 do, and what would it not do? Learn ...

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    One noteworthy difference between the two states: Maine’s electoral system is even more decentralized than Idaho’s, where the 44 county clerks collect the ballots in an election.

  8. Open primaries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In California, under Proposition 14, traditional party primaries were replaced in 2011 with a jungle primary election. Proposition 14, known as the open primary measure, gave every voter the same ballot in primary elections for most state and federal races. The top two candidates advance to the November general election.

  9. General election - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Presidential primaries happen several months before the general election, though not all states hold primaries. [10] In the Louisiana the expression general election means the runoff election which occurs between the two highest candidates as determined by the jungle primary. [11] [failed verification]