Rhode Island Republican Party officials are split over a proposal to close the party’s primaries to voters who have not been registered Republicans for the preceding 90 days, according to this story in the Warwick Beacon. Some decision is likely by the end of the month.
Currently, registered independents in Rhode Island are free to vote in any party’s primary. Rhode Island has three ballot-qualified parties, Democratic, Republican, and Moderate.
Unless the process has changed recently, an RI independent who wants to vote in a party primary may change his registration at the polling place on primary day. He must then wait at least 90 days to again change his registration.