Yes, the GOPe has disgusted their "base" badly enough that many conservatives have changed their voter registration from Republican to Independent. By doing so, if you live in a closed primary state (they are listed - just do a search for them online), and you want to vote for Ted Cruz, Trump or Carson, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THEM IN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY if you live in a closed primary state. You will NOT get a voting ballot because you are not registered as a Republican. So, you MUST contact your voter registrar in the county you reside in the "closed" primary state you live in and CHANGE FROM INDEPENDENT to REPUBLICAN. I did this online at my county's Website of my closed primary state. You can also go to the county registrar's office and make the change. The GOPe are fully aware that many Republicans have changed their "party" affiliation to Independent because of the traitorous actions of the GOPe. They ARE COUNTING on you not being able to vote in the primary for Trump or Cruz because you are no longer registered Republican. So - MAKE THE CHANGE BACK TO REPUBLICAN ASAP! You can always change back after the 2016 elections. DO IT!
If I'm not mistaken, in most states because of "motor voter" laws, political affiliation is controlled by the state's DMV. Last year while renewing my drivers license in Florida there was a section offering the option to change political affiliation. In order to do so, however, the state charged a hefty FEE!!! So this is a potentially deadly tactic, the total nefariousness of which has not yet been disclosed.
a fee to change parties???
Is that true Floridians? Why is no one screaming about that?
This is the main reason I didn’t change my registration to independent.
Poll taxes were banned by 24A.
CLOSED PRIMARY STATES INCLUDE:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Washington DC, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington State, Wyoming.
That’s 24 states and DC.
https://grassrootsidgop.wordpress.com/list-of-states-with-open-and-closed-primaries/
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/FL-R
Observing the fraud that McConnell, Cochran and Barbour pulled in Mississippi against tea party conservative Chris McDaniel, one must also be on the alert for open primary states where the GOPe can pay democrats to crossover to vote for a republican to ensure a conservative is defeated.
Some democrats, or more accurately leftists, in a red state will register as republicans (or independent as the rules allow) so that they can vote for the weaker or less conservative republican. This is how McCain keeps winning the GOP primary in AZ senate races and because AZ is a red state, he keeps getting elected.
But, why do you have to go through the DMV ..?? The “Change Registration Form” should be available online at any COUNTY website.
If not, you better get busy and fire those in charge of your County.
This is despicable!
Tennessee has an open primary, which I didn’t like when we moved here because liberals can pick our weakest candidate. Or a pro-amnesty one. On the other hand, I didn’t have to be part of the evil GOP either.
I got this from Wikipedia, but haven’t verified it:
There are 14 states that use a purely open primary process:[6][5][7]
Alabama
Arkansas
Hawaii
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
The following states use a semi-open primary system:
Alaska: Parties may decide who may vote in their primary election. Republicans hold a closed caucus for nominating candidates, but Democrats, Libertarians and the Alaskan Independence Party all hold open primaries.[8][5]
Georgia: Voters do not register with a party, but voters must declare an oath of intent to affiliate with the party in whose primary they participate.[5]
Illinois: Voters do not register with a party; however, they must publicly choose which party’s ballot they will vote at the primary election.[9]
Indiana: Voters do not register with a party, but the ballot they get depends on their voting history, or which party they have voted for most in the past.[10] Known as a “modified open” primary, voters must have voted for a majority of a party’s candidates in the last general election in order to vote in the primary. If the voter did not vote in the last general election, the he/she is must vote for a majority of that party’s candidates in the general election; however, this is difficult to enforce.[5]
Mississippi: Voters do not register with a party, but they must support the nominations made in that party’s primary.[5]
North Dakota: Voters do not register with a party. Republicans hold a caucus that requires voters to have supported the Republican party in the last general election, or to do so in the next one.[5]
Ohio: Voters must affiliate with a party in order to vote in its primary; however, they do not choose their affiliation until they request that party’s ballot in the primary.[11]
Texas: Voters do not have to register with a party. At the primary, they may choose which party primary ballot to vote on, but in order to vote they must sign a pledge declaring they will not vote in another party’s primary or convention for that year.[5][12] Voters must affiliate with the same party in runoff primaries as in the previous primary for that year.[5]
Blanket primary
Three states uses the top-two blanket primary process. In these states, only one primary is held with candidates from all parties participating. Thus, all voters are able to participate in the single, blanket primary. The three states are:
California
Louisiana
Washington