Des Moines, Iowa (RI) — State Auditor Rob Sand — a Democrat who’s running for governor — says Iowa’s Primary Elections should be open to any registered voter, not just to those who are registered as Democrats or Republicans.
The subject came up in Waukee Wednesday night at the first of 100 town hall forums Sand has scheduled over the next four months. During an interview with Radio Iowa afterwards, Sand said the current law that lets Iowans switch their party registration so they can vote in a primary is inadequate.
Sand suggests an open primary is the answer.
Sand suggests the winner of the November election could be determined by what’s called approval voting.
The winner winds up being the candidate with the highest approval rating.
Voters in Fargo, North Dakota passed a referendum in 2018 that set up approval voting in the past three city elections, but two months ago, North Dakota’s governor signed a law that bans approval voting.
