2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For 2020, the Democratic Party Should Take Back Its Nomination Methods [View all]LiberalFighter
(51,648 posts)I'm not sure political parties would have the resources to accomplish this.
Caucuses don't involve the same costs that primaries include. For one, the hours needed is less for caucuses. Don't know if caucuses are manned by volunteers or if the workers get paid.
If primaries are funded solely by the party then they would be responsible for mailing and counting of the ballots. Not sure if there wouldn't be a lot more complaints about it being rigged than there is now. They would also decide who would receive the ballots based on what the party decides. If the party is going to have control of the primary election then they wouldn't need to recognize any state laws that require petition signatures or even require them if they weren't before and state parties would be able to decide who is eligible to be on the ballot.
Would this only apply to Presidential elections or all offices in a primary? If this will be part of the voter's voting history then it would require the local election boards to input all of the data. Will that cost the local government more doing it this way? The data would be needed to determine who receives a ballot. Currently, I could go into the database and pull out only voters that have voted in the last 3 presidential elections that has voted at least once in a Democratic Primary and has not voted in any Republican Primary. If the party run primary is not integrated with the local election board then that would become difficult.