Citizen Spotlight: Elected Office Is a Fiction In South Dakota
Joe Kirby is a leader of the Open Primaries campaign in South Dakota. He says that the current closed primary system is really good for political bosses.
"They get to decide who is going to run and who is not going to run, and they pretty much get to decide who is going to be taking elected office. To say it's elected office is often a fiction in South Dakota. I prefer a system where all voters get to participate, and the winner is somebody that we all tend to like."
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