Editing Primary election (section)

==Nonpartisan==

=== Nonpartisan blanket primary ===
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In a "nonpartisan blanket primary", all candidates appear on the same ballot and advance to the general election or second round regardless of party affiliation. In the "top-two primary" variant, the top-two candidates advance to the general election or runoff.
* Louisiana has famously operated under this system, which has been nicknamed the "jungle primary", since the 1980s.
* California has used a top two primary outside of presidential elections since 2012 after passing [[California Proposition 14 (2010)|Proposition 14 in 2010]].{{Cn|date=June 2024}}
* [[Washington (state)|Washington]] has used a top two primary since 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/HistoryofWashingtonStatePrimarySystems.pdf |title=History of Washington State Primary Systems}}</ref>

=== '''Unified primary''' ===
{{Main|Unified primary}}
In a "unified primary" (also known as a "top-two approval primary"), all candidates appear on the same ballot (similar to the nonpartisan blanket primary).  However,  unlike the kinds of primaries mentioned above, in a "unified primary" uses a nonpartisan primary with [[approval voting]], where voters may support any number of candidates instead of one.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clancy |first=Sam |date=2021-03-02 |title=Tishaura Jones, Cara Spencer advance to general election in race for St. Louis Mayor |url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/elections/tishaura-jones-cara-spencer-st-louis-mayor-race/63-34335593-223a-431b-ac63-b17eb2495841 |work=KSDK |location=St. Louis, MO |access-date=2024-05-22}} </ref>  [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]] uses this system.