Primaries:
- Congressional and state primaries: Closed*
- Presidential primaries: Closed*
*The Democratic party has amended its primary rules to allow independents to participate.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS STATE BY STATE
Idaho
Registration:
- Voters may or may not choose to affiliate with a political party when they register to vote.
- 35% of registered voters in Idaho are unaffiliated.
State Partners:
Details of voting in congressional and state primary elections:
- The Democratic Party allows registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters to participate in their primary.
- The Republican Party only allows registered Republicans to participate in their primary.
- The Constitution Party allows unaffiliated voters to participate in their primary.
- Idaho offers same-day voter registration, so an unaffiliated voter may affiliate with a party up to or on election day and vote on that party's ballot.
- Party affiliated voters seeking to change their affiliation must do so before the 10th Friday before an election