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OPEN PRIMARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does open primary mean?
• OPEN PRIMARY (noun)
The noun OPEN PRIMARY has 1 sense:
1. a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party)
Familiarity information: OPEN PRIMARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("open primary" is a kind of...):
direct primary (a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office)
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