PENNSYLVANIA

Primaries:

• Democratic congressional and state primaries: closed

• Republican congressional and state primaries: closed
  

• Democratic Presidential primary: closed
  

• Republican Presidential primary: closed
  

Primary Type Definitions

Registration:

• Voters may or may not choose to affiliate with a political party, however, affiliation with a party is required to vote in primary elections.

• 13% of Pennsylvania voters are registered as unaffiliated or "other". 

Details of voting in congressional and state primary elections:

• Voters must affiliate with a party in order to vote in that party's primary.

• Voter registration closes 30 days before the primary election.