Same in Georgia, for the primaries.

In the general? In Kansas, you can only vote for the party you’re registered for in the primary. It doesn’t matter in the general. You just have to be registered.

@Bobbyzen I certainly hope it's true everywhere for the general otherwise we are definitely screwed. Oklahoma at least allows personal preference voting in the general.

@Lorajay I updated my comment to say it’s only the primary where you must vote for the party you’re registered with.

@Bobbyzen In GA, you have to choose either Democrat, Republican, or Non-partisan (which means no party candidates are on the ballot), for the primary. I can't recall, but it seems from the generalized absentee ballot application that it isn't required in the general. As you say, it doesn't really matter in the general.

I actually do wonder about the constitutionality of GA's choices. What about other party candidates? There seems to be an assumption that other parties don't have primaries?

Actually, I think any deferential treatment to any parties in government-run elections is probably unconstitutional. As far as I know, elections as spelled out in the US Constitution are specific to individual people... only. If that were the case, all elections would put everyone on the ballot at the same time, followed by run-off elections.

For whatever reason, it was decided that latter case is going to happen in GA this year for the Senate seat left open and temporarily filled by Leofler. All candidates of all parties will be on the ballot in the general election, followed by run-off election(s) until one of them gets at least 50% plus 1 vote.

@bingst IIUC, Constitutionally, the only individuals mentioned are electoral college persons . . .

Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 4; and the Twelfth Amendment (which replaced Clause 3 after its ratification
in 1804)

Primaries are governed by State law.
My objection to that is I don't want my party/voting preferences disclosed (to both parties) just by wanting to vote.

@bingst PA as well.

@FearlessFly And seats in Congress?

@bingst (from Wikipedia)

The U.S. presidential election process, like all other elections in the United States, is a highly decentralized system.[13] While the U.S. Constitution does set parameters for the election of the president and other federal officials, state law, not federal, regulates most aspects of elections in the U.S., including the primaries, the eligibility of voters (beyond the basic constitutional definition), and the specific details of running each state's electoral college meeting. All elections, including federal, are administered by the individual states.

The constitution states that members of the United States House of Representatives must be at least 25 years old, a citizen of the United States for at least seven years, and be a (legal) inhabitant of the state they represent. Senators must be at least 30 years old, a citizen of the United States for at least nine years, and be a (legal) inhabitant of the state they represent. The president and vice president must be at least 35 years old, a natural born citizen of the United States and a resident in the United States for at least fourteen years. It is the responsibility of state legislatures to regulate the qualifications for a candidate appearing on a ballot paper, although in order to get onto the ballot, a candidate must often collect a legally defined number of signatures.