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Title: Open, Closed and Blanket Primaries
Post by: Butterbean on October 28, 2011, 07:01:41 AM

List of States with Open and Closed Primaries

http://grassrootsidgop.wordpress.com/list-of-states-with-open-and-closed-primaries/


Open primaries (or pick-a-party) are those in which voters of any affiliation may vote for the slate of any party.

Closed primaries are those in which only the voters affiliated with a party may vote in its primary.

Blanket primaries (or “jungle primaries”) are those in which voters, regardless of affiliation, may choose the party primary in which they want to vote on an office-by-office basis. The blanket primary was struck down in 2001 by the Supreme Court in CA Democratic Party v. Jones.

The following is a running list of states by primary type: open, potentially closed, or with special provisions. We say “potentially” because these states require voters to affiliate by party, which allows parties the option to close their primaries.

Open:
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (voter must vote in runoff primary of same party), Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (voter must vote in runoff primary of same party), Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

Closed:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, D of C, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming

Other:
Alaska (Blanket primary for four of five registered parties.  Repubs use closed primary), Illinois ( Must vote in primary of same party as last primary vote.  Loosely enforced), Iowa (voter may change registration at polls), Louisiana ("Effectively open.  To-tow runoff system [cajun primary] used.  Closed primary used for Congressional races after 2006), Ohio (Must vote in primary of same party as last primary vote.  Loosely enforced)

(may want to double-check the site because I typed the above out since the chart wouldn't translate properly)

Title: Re: Open, Closed and Blanket Primaries
Post by: Butterbean on October 28, 2011, 07:07:04 AM

More info here:

http://www.fairvote.org/congressional-primaries-open-closed-semi-closed-and-top-two


Addtl comments on state at Ron Paul's site www.dailypaul.com:

Calling these Open Primary States
Alabama (50)
Arizona (Semi-closed, with primaries open only to unaffiliated or unrepresented voters, except for the Libertarian primary.)(57)
Arkansas (36)
Georgia (75)
Hawaii (Open primary for state, local, and congressional races; caucus system for presidential races.)(20)
Idaho (32)
Indiana (46)
Massachusetts (All races' primaries open for "unenrolled"/unaffiliated voters only)(41)
Michigan (59)
Mississippi (37)
Missouri (53)
South Carolina (50)
Tennessee (58)
Texas (152)
Vermont (17)
Virginia (49)
Wisconsin (42)