Let's Talk New Mexico 5/31 8a: New Mexico has a closed primary system, so if you aren鈥檛 registered with a major political party, you can鈥檛 vote in primary elections. That means about 24 percent of registered voters here are sitting out Tuesday鈥檚 primary. Is this a necessary part of the political process, having party members select their nominees? Or does a closed primary system exclude too many voters? We鈥檇 like to hear from you! Email LetsTalk@91暗网.org, tweet #LetsTalkNM or call in live during the show.
Guests:
- Lonna Atkeson, UNM political science professor, Director for the
- Laurie Weahkee, executive director,
- Frank Ruvolo, chairman emeritus,
- Bill Peifer, chair,
- Nathan Siegel, recent UNM graduate, has registered over 500 voters
