West Virginia State Senator Eric J. Tarr (R-Putnam) has introduced SB 90. It deletes the law that lets parties decide for themselves whether to let independents vote in their own primaries. The bill would be unconstitutional if it became law. In 1986 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Tashjian v Republican Party of Connecticut that the First Amendment requires states to let parties choose to invite independents to vote in their primaries, if they wish.