Florida has closed primary elections. What does that mean?
This means that primary elections are party nomination elections where the parties decide who their candidate will be in the General Election. If you are a registered Democrat, you will be issued a Democratic ballot in the primary elections; if you are a registered Republican, you will be issued a Republican ballot in the primary elections; if you are registered under any other party affiliation, in the primary elections you will be permitted to vote only for non-partisan candidates and issues with one exception. A constitutional amendment was approved by the voters in 1998 which provides that “If all candidates for an office have the same party affiliation and the winner will have no opposition in the general election, all qualified voters, regardless of party affiliation, may vote in the primary elections for that office”.
