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Unaffiliated Voters Ask Judge To Let Their Challenge To Partisan Primaries Proceed
The lawsuit argues the current system of state-funded party primaries disenfranchises close to 1 million unaffiliated voters.

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The lawsuit argues the current system of state-funded party primaries disenfranchises close to 1 million unaffiliated voters.

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