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Old 08-10-2024, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Pballer View Post
So basically if you are not a registered Republican, you have the same choices in voting for commissioner as they would have in Russia or China - no choice. Great system.
Only in the primary, and only because there is no party competition in this primary, other than other Republicans. It's a closed primary. Many states have them, it's not a novel thing. If it were a Democrat primary, then only registered Democrats would be allowed to vote in it.

And, unlike Russia or China, here in Florida (and in other closed-party states) you can change your affiliation from whatever it was, to Republican - JUST so you can vote in the Republican primary. And then the day after the election is over you can switch back to whatever you were.

You can only vote in one Primary per election season, but which one you vote in is up to you (unless the candidate runs unopposed by anyone in the other party, at which point you still can vote in that primary if you want by affiliating with that party a couple of months before the election).