RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Republican primaries in North Carolina will continue to be open to unaffiliated voters.
GOP spokesman Jordan Shaw says the party's Executive Committee overwhelmingly rejected a resolution that would only allow Republicans to choose the party's nominees.
Voters unaffiliated with a party have been helping pick who runs on the GOP ticket since 1988.
Republicans pushing the change argued party members should be the ones picking their nominees because independents are more inclined to back moderates.
But many state leaders worried changing the rules could damage Republican chances to win elections in 2010.
Unaffiliated voters have been allowed in Democratic primaries since 1996.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Republican primaries in North Carolina will continue to be open to unaffiliated voters.
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Published: November 22, 2009
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