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What are blanket primaries?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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A blanket primary is when a ballot lists the candidates for ALL parties regardless of what party the voter is in.

So the voter can vote for a Republican governor and a Democratic senator even if they are Rep/Dem.

Very few states have this kind of primary now.

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