For too long Florida’s closed primary law has denied almost ... What really needs to happen is that Florida needs to become an open primary state. This can be a winning issue for the Democratic ...

Florida is a closed primary state, meaning that voters cannot participate in partisan elections unless they are affiliated with a political party. In Florida, 30% of voters are unaffiliated ...

The earlier poll also was conducted before South Florida state Sen. Jason Pizzo left the Democratic ... Now he can't run in Florida's closed primary system. Asking again in May, the JMI poll found ...