HAWAII

Primaries:

• Democratic congressional and state primaries: open
  

• Republican congressional and state primaries: open

• Democratic Presidential primary: closed

• Republican Presidential primary: closed
  

Primary Type Definitions

Registration:

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

Details of voting in congressional and state primary elections:

• Voters are not required to affiliate with a party to vote in party primaries, but they must choose one party's ballot.