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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
You can register as an Independent, but in primary elections you can only vote for candidates who are not affiliated with either political party.
You can vote for any of the candidates running for office in the General Election in November, of course.
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If the candidates are running in one party, and there is no opposition in the other party, then anyone can vote in that singular primary.
In other words - if there is only a Republican primary, and there won't be a Democratic Primary in that season, then any registered voter can vote in the Republican one.
As specified up-thread, from the Sumter County voting page:
"However, there are times when all registered voters can vote in a primary election, regardless
of which major or minor political party they are registered or even if they are registered without
party affiliation:
• If all the candidates for an office have the same party affiliation and the winner of the
primary election will not face any opposition in the general election, then all registered
voters can vote for any of the candidates for that office in the primary election."