Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
Earlier this month a group of 16 members of the GOP state executive committee requested the party call a special meeting to discuss a resolution pertaining to open primaries.
If the resolution is adopted, the Tennessee GOP would officially support requiring everyone to register to vote by party and allowing people to vote only in the primary election of their party.
In Tennessee today, voters don’t need to register by party and they can choose to vote in the Republican or Democratic primary.
This isn’t the first time the GOP has pushed for the change, but party leaders have bounced previous efforts.
A committee within the Republican Party has studied the proposal and is supposed to issue a report. That report was originally due 30 days after the resolution was introduced in early December, but was extended until Feb. 6.
The system still wouldn’t change if the party adopted the resolution. That requires an act of the General Assembly. If adopted, the resolution requires the party chairman to work with Gov. Bill Haslam and legislative leaders to try and change the law.
The last day to file legislation this year is Feb. 12, so any new bill proposing to end the practice of open primaries would need to come quickly after the GOP’s special meeting.
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