PRIMARY ELECTIONS STATE BY STATE

TennesseE

Primaries:

  • Congressional and State primaries: Open partisan w/ nonpartisan registration
  •  Presidential primaries: Open
Primary Type Definitions

Registration:

  • Tennessee has nonpartisan registration. There is no option to affiliate with a political party on the voter registration form.

 

State partners:

LWV Tennessee, Civic Tennessee, Stand Up Nashville, We Decide TN, The Forward Party Tennessee

Details of voting in congressional and state primary elections:

  • Voters do not declare affiliation with a party in order to vote in primary elections, but they must choose one party's ballot.

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