PRIMARY ELECTIONS STATE BY STATE

Massachusetts

Primaries:

  • Congressional and state primaries: Open partisan w/ partisan registration
  • Presidential primaries: Open 
Primary Type Definitions

Registration:

  • Voters may or may not choose to affiliate with a political party.
  • 56% of Massachusetts voters are unaffiliated with a political party.

Details of voting in congressional and state primary elections:

  • Unaffiliated voters may choose one party's primary ballot to vote on and still remain unaffiliated.
  • Party members must vote on their party's ballot.

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