Time to Reform the Presidential Primary System

• By Jimmy Carter and James A. Baker III
• Special to Roll Call
• Dec. 5, 2005, Midnight

Think of a major election in which less than 8 percent of voters cast a ballot, yet millions of other voters want to vote but never get the chance. While such an election is hard to imagine in the United States, that is precisely how we select the candidates for the highest public office in the land.