RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)- Republican primaries in North Carolina will
continue to be open to unaffiliated voters.
GOP spokesman Jordan Shaw says the party's Executive Committee
overwhelmingly rejected a resolution that would only allow
Republicans to choose the party's nominees.
Voters unaffiliated with a party have been helping pick who runs
on the GOP ticket since 1988.
Republicans pushing the change argued party members should be
the ones picking their nominees because independents are more
inclined to back moderates.
But many state leaders worried changing the rules could damage
Republican chances to win elections in 2010.
Unaffiliated voters have been allowed in Democratic primaries
since 1996.
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