The New ‘Voter Suppression’ — Locking Independents Out of Primaries
Limiting primary participation to party members rewards extremists on both sides — and has hurt Republicans.

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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