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minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down1·1年前In most states, only party members can vote in their party’s primary elections. Primary elections are held before the general election to pick the party’s candidates for the general.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1年前 In most states, only party members can vote in their party’s primary elections. Minor point of clarification: Pennsylvania is one of only 14 states with closed primaries
minus-squarehumbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1年前Maybe he wanted to vote against Trump several times: both in the primary and main
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21年前If I remember right, Haley was already out of the PA primary.
minus-squarehumbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1年前I don’t know, it’s just an urge to interfere with the US politics in any way
minus-squarehappenis@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21年前That’s kind of true, but it depends. Most states don’t have laws requiring closed primaries and allows the party to choose which voters to include. However, in general the Republican party tends to have closed primaries when possible. They are closed in Pennsylvania, though. https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/state-primary-election-types
In most states, only party members can vote in their party’s primary elections.
Primary elections are held before the general election to pick the party’s candidates for the general.
Minor point of clarification:
Pennsylvania is one of only 14 states with closed primaries
Maybe he wanted to vote against Trump several times: both in the primary and main
If I remember right, Haley was already out of the PA primary.
I don’t know, it’s just an urge to interfere with the US politics in any way
That’s kind of true, but it depends. Most states don’t have laws requiring closed primaries and allows the party to choose which voters to include. However, in general the Republican party tends to have closed primaries when possible.
They are closed in Pennsylvania, though.
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/state-primary-election-types