25 February 2009

W.Va. GOP Eyes Closed Primary

West Virginia's Republican Party has long allowed independent and unaffiliated voters to cast ballots in its primary elections, "but now party leaders are re-examining that privilege," The Intelligencer of Wheeling reports.

"State GOP Chairman Douglas McKinney is to appoint a committee this week charged with studying whether Republican primaries in West Virginia should be closed to non-Republican voters," the article said. "The move follows a recent meeting of the West Virginia State Executive Committee, during which some members expressed that the party's policy should be changed."

Those opposed to the idea include "the state's highest-ranking Republican, U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito," the article notes.

The Associated Press also has an item.

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