Just learned that in many states, you can vote in both Repub AND Democrat primaries

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Perhaps this is common knowledge, but I didn't know.

It turns out that in many states, you can vote in both the Democratic AND Republican primaries. So you could vote for Trump and against Hillary in the same day.

This is possible in states with "open" primaries. Here are the states where it is possible:



Alabama (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama)
Arkansas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas)
Georgia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29)
Hawaii (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii) (Open primary for state, local, and congressional races; caucus system for presidential races.)
Massachusetts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts) (All races' primaries open for "unenrolled"/unaffiliated voters only)
Michigan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan)
Mississippi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi)
Missouri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri)
North Carolina (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina)
North Dakota (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota)
South Carolina (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina)
Tennessee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee)
Vermont (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont)
Virginia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia)
Wisconsin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin)[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_primaries_in_the_United_States#cite_note-11)



Someone claims this is true for Texas as well. I don't know all the rules well enough, but I assume it might be possible there and maybe other states not on this list. Definitely worth checking into.

I'd like to hear from anyone who knows more about this.

[Down1]

In Mass if you are unenrolled(used to be called independent) you can choose which ballot you want in a primary.
They cross your name off the list so I don't think you could go vote again.
Never tried it though when I voted.

[Publico]

That's voter fraud. Can't do it in Iowa.

[palani]

Votes in primaries are not official state votes. They are votes within the two major parties.

Can someone be a Boy Scout and a Girl Scout at the same time?

[Publico]

There was talk about the party switch last time (2011/2) around in Iowa because the R's were caucusing Tuesday and the D's the following Saturday. There was talk of D's caucusing with the R's on Tuesday to screw thing up then caucusing Saturday. State election people pointed some state law prohibiting that.