Just got off the phone with the clerk.
We have closed primaries. Being as I was Unaffiliated, I could not vote in the primaries unless I declared for which party I was going to vote (procedural). So, my vote for the conservative (yes, we have one here in NJ), served as a declaration for the GOP. As it stands, unless you request a party affiliation form and resubmit is as party whatever, I will remain a GOP affiliate.
Don’t like that at all. Apparently, this threw a lot of people off in the recent primaries.
Is any other state like this?