New Mexico Legislature considers move to open primaries

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico lawmakers are introducing a flurry of electoral reform proposals designed to make elections for state offices more competitive by opening primaries to unaffiliated voters and changing requirements for candidates to get on the ballot.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers filed proposals Monday that would upend New Mexico’s closed primary system that excludes independent voters from major party primaries.
One bill would allow unaffiliated voters to parti