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Originally Posted by 33girl
You could still have a primary, in which only the top 5 or 10 vote getters are placed on the national ballots. I don't see how that's any different than the party primaries where everyone and their brother is running.
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Except that primaries are run by the states. Each state has different requirements for getting on the ballot, but as far as I know, each state allows major party nominees on the ballots without any other requirement (petition signatures or the like).
I really can't think of any democracy of any size that doesn't has a party system.