Texas GOP Pushes for Closed Primaries

Governor Greg Abbott is aggressively pushing to close Texas’ Republican primaries, aiming to restrict voting to only registered Republicans—a move backed by party leaders after narrow wins fueled suspicions of cross-party crossover. With the state’s open primary system, which has lasted since the 90s, now under legal challenge by the GOP (even with Attorney General Ken Paxton’s support), a court ruling could force change. But implementing closed primaries poses massive logistical hurdles: Texas has 18 million voters most of whom haven’t chosen a party, and updating the entire registration infrastructure would require enormous time and money. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/4d9ee92ca77ed11b