Ed Straker has this list of states in which non-Republicans can vote in Republican presidential primaries and caucuses. The list differentiates between open primaries and semi-closed primaries. In open primaries, any voter can choose any party’s ballot. In semi-closed primaries, independents can choose any party’s primary ballot, but members of parties other than the Republican Party cannot.
Straker’s list has 26 states. However, the list appears to be wrong about Arizona and Oklahoma. Independents cannot vote in the Republican presidential primary in Arizona, not any Republican primaries in Oklahoma. If a similar list for Democrats were compiled, it would include California, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.
Richard Winger,
Please confirm for your readers that the Jume 7, 2016 California primary of G.O.P. will remain closed to electors only giving the Republican Party preference at registration.
Also note Trump will appear on the American Independent Party
of California primary ballot on
June 7, 2016.
Ed Straker missed New Jersey on his list. In New Jersey, unaffiliated voters may vote in either primary, though by doing so they automatically become registered as a member of the party whose primary they voted in (which most unaffiliated voters don’t know).
Good point. Thank you.