Sunday, April 17, 2011

Tenn. GOP Panel Rejects Call for Closed Primaries

Thanks to Ballot Access News for this post.

The Executive Committee of the State Republican Party on Saturday voted down a proposal to require party registration to vote in Tennessee primaries.

The policy panel rejected the proposal sponsored by committee member Mark Winslow, a former executive director of the State GOP, on a voice vote.

Tennessee voters aren't registered by party, and voters often decide in which primary to participate depending on campaign developments. The law allows for challenges of people who are "not a bona fide member of a political party," though that status is not clearly defined.









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