The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) has finally pulled the trigger on a maneuver it’s planned since 2022, filing a lawsuit against the State of Texas in an attempt to close its primary election next year to only registered GOP voters.
“Texas’s open primary election system — which allows independents and Democrats to vote in Republican primaries — violates the First Amendment rights of the Republican Party of Texas. The First Amendment entitles political parties to determine who they associate with to select their nominees for public office,” the lawsuit reads.
