Full announcement from Buncombe County Election Services:
The Office of Election Services would like to get this information out to the public:
· There are three recognized political parties in North Carolina: Democratic, Republican and Libertarian.
· Voter registration applicants may choose one of these political parties when completing a voter registration application, or they may choose to register as Unaffiliated.
· North Carolina has a semi-closed primary system. In a partisan primary, voters who are affiliated with a political party may only vote the partisan ballot for the party for which they are affiliated; they are closed to voting in another party’s primary. Unaffiliated voters may vote in any recognized party’s primary, but they may only participate in one.
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