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	Glaucoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pseudo-exfoliation glaucoma is another type of open angle glaucoma when a dandruff-like material derived from the lens and the zonules gradually obstructs the angle drainage in a similar manner as the pigment particles in pigmentary galucoma do.
		Recurrent attacks of acute angle closure glaucoma may lead to chronic narrow angle glaucoma due to the formation of adhesions at the angle of the eye between the iris and the peripheral cornea.
		Primary congenital glaucoma (Q15.0) or buphthalmos is a rare genetic disease affecting infants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glaucoma (2026 words)

	Primary objective - Greater Baton Rouge Business Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Sometimes the Republicans are done in by the open primary; this time it was the Democrats, big time, when their divided field of Senate candidates enabled Republican David Vitter to conquer all.
		You could even say that the open primary made it easier for 5th District Rep. Rodney Alexander to switch to Republican at the last minute and leave the Democrats without a chance to nominate a viable replacement candidate.
		The problem is that the politicians empowered to change the open primary system got elected by it and are wary of messing with success.
	www.businessreport.com /newsDetail.cfm?aid=4713 (620 words)

	Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		In a primary election, voters go to the polls to choose among a party's presidential candidates.
		Closed Primary: A closed primary is the most common, participation is restricted to voters who have registered with the party sponsoring the election.
		Open Primary: In an open primary a voter shows up at the polls and at that time can choose which party's primary he or she wants to vote in.
	teacherlink.ed.usu.edu /TLresources/units/byrnesF2000/HILHOL/background.htm (201 words)

	Fw: Open primary TS accounts
		Open primaries (using GES parlance at least) means putting a party-specific races for more than one party on the same ballot.
		Closed primaries means seperate ballots for each party.
		Open primary accounts sometimes use party preference races, sometimes they just disallow crossover.
	scdc.sccs.swarthmore.edu /diebold/lists/support.w3archive/200002/msg00009.html (167 words)

	Proposition 198 1996 Primary Election
		Provides for a single primary ballot on which, under the appropriate title for each office, the names and party affiliations of all candidates are placed randomly and not grouped by political party.
		At first, the primary featured what was known as a "cross-filing" feature, which allowed candidates to file for a particular office in their own party's primary and in another party's primary as well.
		In the past, the open primary has been proposed both as an initiative and in the Legislature, but these proposals either died in legislative committee or failed to gain the required number of signatures to be placed on the ballot.
	www.calvoter.org /voter/elections/archive/96pri/props/198.html (915 words)

	Initiative 872 - Preserve the Blanket Primary
		NEWS RELEASE May 17, 2001 House "open primary" destroys blanket primary, excludes independent voters "The open primary bill passed by the House of Representatives May 15 is a fraud on the voters of our state," stated Terry Hunt, Master of the Washington State Grange.
		Under the bill passed by the House, votes of unaffiliated voters at the primary will not be counted in determining which candidates appear on the general election ballot unless the major parties all adopt rules to include them.
		Hunt pointed out that the House bill is so restrictive that, if a voter chooses an unaffiliated ballot rather than a major party ballot at the primary, that voter's votes would be excluded, even if he or she voted entirely for candidates of one party.
	www.blanketprimary.org /pressroom/release-2001-05-17.php (262 words)

	Oregon Business Magazine: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The open primary would allow voters of any political party and independents to back any candidate they like — regardless of the candidate’s political stripe — with the top two candidates advancing to a runoff in the general election.
		Supporters say opening up the field would remove the stranglehold of narrow interest groups, which dominate the Republican and Democratic primaries and often turn out to be the kingmakers in sparsely attended primaries by motivating single-issue followers — anti-abortion activists, hardcore environmentalists — to show up at the polls.
		And Keisling says that the power of interest groups may actually be minimized over the long term because the open primary will make all races more competitive and force interest groups to spread their cash over a greater number of candidates.
	www.oregonbusiness.com /.docs/action/detail/rid/12298/pg/10002 (1049 words)

	Sign for open primary, pass on spending limit TABOR - Oregon Center for Public Policy
		The open primary, proposed by former Secretaries of State Norma Paulus and Phil Keisling, would invigorate the state's primary elections by inviting in voters and candidates of all political stripes.
		Oregon's recent primary election in May drew only 40 percent of registered voters, one of the lowest marks in state history.
		The open primary system would throw open the May election to all potential candidates, and the top two, regardless of party, would be chosen to go on to the November election.
	www.ocpp.org /cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=060705ORtabor (554 words)

	Foster v. Love (1997) [96-670]
		In 1975, Louisiana adopted an "open primary," which occurs before the uniform federal election day and in which all candidates appear on the ballot and all voters may vote.
		If a candidate for a given office receives a majority at the open primary, that candidate is elected and no further act is done on federal election day to fill that office.
		In a unanimous opinion delivered by Justice David H. Souter, the Court held that when Louisiana's open primary is applied to select among congressional candidates in October, it conflicts with federal law and to that extent is void.
	www.oyez.org /oyez/resource/case/1401 (195 words)

	California Primary Law Prop 198
		The 1998 Primary was the first California election conducted under the open primary law.
		However, the national political parties objected to California's new open primary, particularly because their party rules prohibit people who are not members of their party from casting ballots in the Primary.
		California lawmakers, who had already passed a law to move California's primary up to early March in order to give California more clout in the Presidential election, passed a new law in 1999 that seeks to accomodate the political parties and respect the open primary law.
	www.uhuh.com /politics/election/calprim.htm (475 words)

	Libertarian Party of California
		The “Voter Choice Open Primary” ballot proposition heading for the November ballot will severely limit voters' choice in statewide general elections, and may even curtail choices in the primaries, or what remains of them.
		In a pact Faust would be proud of, voters will gain a few more options in the primary by signing away nearly all their real choices in the general election.
		Analyzing open primary laws from the 23 states that have adopted one, Winger said, "The initiative would leave Californians with fewer choices on their November ballots than enjoyed by the voters of any other state.
	www.ca.lp.org /rel/2004/20040329-nochoice.html (695 words)

	Open primary proposal headed for state ballot / 2 candidates from same party could meet in a general election
		The initiative would transform California primary elections, virtually eliminating political parties from the mix and opening the way for November elections that could feature two Democrats or two Republicans, a system similar to one governing elections in Louisiana.
		The open primary was used in 1998 and 2000, but in June 2000 the U.S. Supreme Court backed the party leaders and declared the open primary law unconstitutional on a 7-to-2 vote.
		Opening the primaries to all voters will result in candidates who better represent the majority of Californians, initiative backers argue.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/27/MNGOF5SE2G1.DTL (955 words)

	OpinionJournal - John Fund on the Trail
		The major parties say the current primary model features volunteers and activists in each party who often fight furiously over who should be nominated but then coalesce to present clear alternatives to the public in the fall election.
		That's a dubious contention--as is the proponents' version of it, that the open primary favors moderates.
		The best argument from supporters of the open primary is that Californians already use a version of it to fill local offices such as mayors and county supervisors.
	www.opinionjournal.com /diary/?id=110005178 (880 words)

	California Insider - A Weblog by Sacramento Bee Columnist Daniel Weintraub
		Pending in the Senate, newly amended SCA 18, a proposed constitutional amendment that would block implementation of the open, non-partisan primary measure that is headed for the November ballot.
		Opposed by both major parties, the open primary would allow voters to choose among all the candidates on the ballot regardless of party affiliation.
		The two measures together, if they were both approved, would leave the state with something like the system briefly in place in the 1990s, an open primary in which any voter could choose from among the candidates, and the top finisher in each party advanced to the general election.
	www.sacbee.com /static/weblogs/insider/archives/001292.html (351 words)

	CA Secretary of State - Primary98 - Explanation of the Open Primary Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The 1998 Primary Election will be California's first "open Primary." Before the open primary system was adopted by voters in 1996, in Primary Elections you could vote only for candidates from the political party in which you were registered.
		The open primary is open to all registered voters.
		The open primary applies to all candidates for partisan office, including Governor and other statewide offices, State Senate and Assembly, and U.S. House of Representatives.
	primary98.ss.ca.gov /VoterGuide/OpenPrimary.htm (210 words)

	Open - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		(of a vowel) articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue or with a relatively large oral aperture, as the vowel sound of cot compared with that in caught.
		open to interpretation; an issue that is open to question.
		NOTE: When a defect, hazard, or condition is open such that a reasonable person under the circumstances should have recognized the danger posed by it, a defendant is usually relieved of liability for failure to warn.
	dictionary.reference.com /search?q=Open (2372 words)

	[EM] Open primary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Specifically in my city council, for the primary, voters each get up to one vote per open seat, and the totals are used to reduce the set of candidates to twice the number of seats open.
		For partisan primary elections, Minnesota (as like most states I assume) makes people vote only for all candidates of one party, or their ballot is spoiled.
		So, well I think I agree that open primaries used as a top-two prerunoff is much better than party primaries.
	lists.electorama.com /pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2001-April/005862.html (655 words)

	Bad system \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		And in 1991, the white supremacist used the open primary once again to force a runoff with Edwards in the Louisiana governor's race, prompting the memorable bumper sticker: "Vote for the Crook: It's important."
		And as to the suggestion that better candidates emerge from open primaries, it is hard to see that when a scoundrel, like former Louisiana governor Edwards, or a demagogue, like former Louisiana state legislator Duke, managed to get themselves elected under the system.
		That's why it is imperative that voters wary of importing Louisiana's irredeemably flawed open primary system to California cast their ballots in favor of Proposition 60 and against Proposition 62.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041031/news_lz1ed31bottom.html (495 words)

	Mussolini's "open primary"
		Si chiamano open primaries (elezioni primarie aperte) da non confondersi con le closed primaries (elezioni primarie chiuse) che sono riservate agli elettori registrati dei partiti e che sono da anni un argomento molto dibattuto negli Stati Uniti.
		Open primaries or closed primaries: questo è il dilemma.
		I sostenitori della open primary argomentano che un cittadino non dovrebbe essere obbligato a rivelare la sua affiliazione e che ognuno dovrebbe avere l’occasione di votare nella primaria che ritiene più significativa.
	www.giogia.com /MussoliniOpenPrimary.html (378 words)

	The Reform Institute \| For Campaign and Election Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Institute is asking the Court to restore Arizona’s Open Primary law by removing the unconstitutional provision that allows non-members of political parties to vote for party leadership.
		The Institute argues that an open primary system achieves a weighty state interest—expanding participation in the first and often most critical stage of the election process, the primary election.
		Arizona’s open primary law, passed by voters in 1998, allows voters the opportunity to participate in the primary election who otherwise could not participate in the primary at all because they are not affiliated with a major political party.
	www.reforminstitute.org /cgi-data/news/files/19.shtml (291 words)

	The Spokesman-Review.com - State's open primary now history
		The state's major political parties have never liked Washington's unusual "open primary" system.
		Primaries, they say, winnow down a field of candidates to the party's top contender to run on Election Day in November.
		But Armstrong also is what he calls "a strategic voter." So when he voted in the 1996 primary for governor, he voted for Ellen Craswell, a Christian conservative, pro-gun, anti-abortion Republican who advocated broadening the death penalty.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /pf.asp?date=022404&ID=s1491658 (818 words)

	GOP to have open primary for '05
		RICHMOND - Virginia Republicans have decided to hold an open primary to nominate their 2005 slate of statewide candidates.
		The state party's central committee voted overwhelmingly Saturday to hold a primary to determine the GOP nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
		The party last used a primary to pick its statewide candidates in 1997, when Mark Earley won a four-way race for the attorney general nomination.
	www.roanoke.com /roatimes/news/story164833.html (250 words)

	damnum absque injuria » Open Primary Advocates Sue, Demand Closed Election
		Via Boifromtroy comes a report that a group of Prop 62 advocates are suing to block Proposition 60, the alternative amendment that was placed on the ballot by the Legislature pursuant to SCA 18.
		Also, as recently as the last primary (which, if the good government weenies behind this lawsuit get their way, will literally be our last primary), we voted overwhelmingly to enact Prop 58, the balanced budget initiatiative which was pegged on the deficit bond.
		Maybe the open primary / closed election types who brought this suit should consider amending their complaint and asking the court to throw both amendments, instead.
	www.xrlq.com /2004/07/07/open-primary-advocates-sue-demand-closed-election (1087 words)

	primary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, approved its first primary elections to choose a presidential nominee, setting up an open campaign period and secret balloting to elect its candidate for the 2000 presidential elections.
		The open primary seems to favor old-guard candidates who have been openly campaigning in recent months, such as Tabasco state Gov.
		The winning primary candidate would be officially declared Nov. 20, ahead of the July 2000 presidential elections.
	www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/may21/primary.htm (411 words)

	California Online Voter Guide 2000 - A Project of the California Voter Foundation
		The purpose of a primary election is to choose which candidates will advance to the General election.
		In the 2000 Primary election, we have a Presidential election, twenty state propositions, one U.S. Senate seat up, 52 contests for the House of Representatives, and 100 legislative contests.
		198, the "open primary" initiative (though it is technically a blanket primary), which allows any voters to vote for any candidate of any party.
	www.calvoter.org /voter/elections/archive/2000/primary/election.html (658 words)

	Belt Drive Open Primary
		Open primary belt drives are intended for racing purposes...
		the inner primary for the open belt drive mounting.
		Grind any bosses or areas in the primary that may obstruct belt or...
	www.belt-resources-guide.info /drive-belt/belt-drive-open-primary.php (188 words)

	LWVC Nonpartisan In-Depth Analysis of Prop 3
		This initiative changes the open primary law so a voter could not cross party lines to vote for delegates to another party's presidential nominating convention.
		California now holds primary elections for partisan offices where candidates are identified by party on the ballot, and for non-partisan candidates who are not identified by party.
		The presidential primary is unique in that voters do not vote for the presidential candidate but for a slate of delegates pledged to the candidate who would be sent to the party's national nominating convention.
	ca.lwv.org /lwvc.files/nov98/id/prop3.html (642 words)

	California Republican Delegation 2000
		While this is an Open Primary, delegate allocation is based exclusively on the votes of Registered Republicans.
		This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary.
		"The 162 National Convention delegates are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide, notwithstanding that candidate's percentage of the total primary vote statewide.
	www.thegreenpapers.com /PCC/CA-R.html (184 words)

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