Alabama

Primaries:

• Democratic congressional and state primaries: open

• Republican congressional and state primaries: open

• Democratic Presidential primary: open

• Republican Presidential primary: open

Primary Type Definitions

Registration:

• Alabama has nonpartisan registration. There is no option to affiliate with a political party on the voter registration form.

Details:

• Independent voters are allowed to vote in primary elections. All voters must choose one party's ballot to vote on, but they are not tied to that party.

• A voter can decide not to participate in either party's primary and will be given the amendments/referendum ballot only. 

• Those who chose the Democratic ballot are held to that affiliation in the case of a runoff election.