The New ‘Voter Suppression’ — Locking Independents Out of Primaries

Limiting primary participation to party members rewards extremists on both sides — and has hurt Republicans.

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The former Alabama chief justice, Roy Moore, on June 20, 2019, at Montgomery, Alabama. AP/Julie Bennett, file

 

You wouldn’t think that a group of Republicans in Southern states would want to emulate the election laws in New York.  But that’s exactly what could happen in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee.  Efforts are underway in all to join New York in making primary elections “closed” to independent voters.

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