Arizona

Campaigns:

In 2015-16, Open Primaries partnered with former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson on a campaign to place a nonpartisan primaries referendum on the 2016 ballot. Although the campaign ultimately failed to to get a measure on the ballot, it did make strides in assembling a strong coalition of independent activists, elected officials, business leaders and Latino activists from across the political spectrum.

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Primaries: 

• Democratic congressional and state primaries: mixed 

• Republican congressional and state primaries: mixed

• Democratic Presidential primary: closed

• Republican Presidential primary: closed

Primary Type Definitions

Registration:

• Optional party affiliation. Voters are given the option to affiliate or not to affiliate with a political party on the registration form.

• 36% of registered voters in Arizona are unaffiliated or independent.

Details of state and local primary elections:

• Unaffiliated voters may choose which party's ballot they will vote on.

• Party members may only vote on their party's ballot.

• Voter registration closes 29 days before the primary election.