Contra Costa Times

Ellen Seidman, who served as the head of OTS from 1997-2001, says it's time to consider if OTS should be eliminated, although she declined to comment on the ...

There is no evidence that open primaries elect more moderates or give voters more choices, says Steve Hill, director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation... Original article

Joe Mathews, a New America Foundation senior fellow who blogs about the initiative process in California and elsewhere, said today's process is rooted in the early 20th century progressive tradition, written by "tough guys, outsiders to government" who thought government was fundamentally corrupt and had to be circumvented by the people.

"It's that kind of fighting tradition this thing comes out of. It's not a flexible system "... there's not a lot of room to negotiate, there's room to fight," Mathews said. LINK