Mccain compelled the compromised RINO GOP in Arizona to maintain "open primaries". Enough democrats voted for mccain to keep him in office. When the RINO GOP made it clear they never intended to respect conservatives or true republicans, I dropped out of the republican party.
There's no consequence one way or another here. I can request any ballot for any party I want for an election.
My political beliefs are damned, not respected by the Arizona republican party. Until they close the primaries, they can go pound sand.
They pulled the same thing in California. We now have open primaries too.
While the Republican party didn’t push the initiative, they were absolutely mute on it prior to the election when it was approved by the voters. It would be impossible for a Conservative group to reason that allowing Democrats to help chose their nominee, would be a good thing. None the less, the Republican party in California saw no reason to openly oppose open primaries.
I am convinced the Republican party is out to destroy any vestige of Conservatism in this nation. That being the case, they are nothing more than facilitators of the Left, the Democrats, the Marxists, the Socialists, the Communists, and the Fascists.
The only reason that I have remained a Republican was to vote in the primaries, to hopefully help choose a Conservative for the nominee.
Now that I can do that from any party, what is the reason for me to remain registered as a Republican? Seriously.
I will be re-registering as an independent within weeks.
This Republican party death-wish is too much for me to tolerate any longer.