Primaries:
- Congressional and state primaries: Open partisan w/ nonpartisan registration
- Presidential primaries: Open
PRIMARY ELECTIONS STATE BY STATE
Arkansas
Registration:
- Optional party affiliation. Voters are given the option to affiliate or not to affiliate with a political party on the registration form.
Details of voting in congressional and state primary elections:
- All voters may choose which party ballot they will vote on. They are held to that affiliation in the case of a runoff election.
- An unaffiliated voter may decide not to participate in either party's primary and will be given the amendments/referendum ballot only.
- Voter registration closes 30 days before the primary election.
