Greenville, state GOP file federal suit to change primary process

State Republicans want to limit their primaries to supporters and are taking the issue to federal court. The Greenville County Republican Party and the state GOP have filed a federal lawsuit to force the SC General Assembly to require voters to register by party before voting in primaries. Patrick Haddon, the chairman of the Greenville party:

Twenty-nine other states have registration by party in some form or fashion. This is just the first step in that process to get the court to look at our present day statues whether they are constitutional or unconstitutional because we believe we ought to be able to have the right to associate there for by having a closed primary.

The lawsuit won’t affect this Tuesday’s voting.