I don't see it that way. And a majority of the total voters agree with me, since in my state of residence the "open primary" has been voted in several times in one flavor or another and struck down by the courts.
Simply put, this is another case of the courts "making law" where they have no business intruding.
I don't see it that way.
Of course you don't. If you want to vote in a primary, simply register for it. This is not a difficult or cumbersome thing.
And a majority of the total voters agree with me, since in my state of residence the "open primary" has been voted in several times in one flavor or another and struck down by the courts.
That's cause open primaries are asinine and they violate the right of free association. You have to be pretty clueless politically to desire open primaries.
How does it help a political party in selecting its candidates to have followers of a competing party help choose?
Political parties are expressive organizations and it defies sense to have those unwilling to burden themselves with the crushing task of registering in the party decide whom the party runs for election.
SD