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Semi-open is not open. In California I could walk into the polling station, request a democrat ballot and vote for their candidates. Agreed, allowing "independents" to vote for your party's candidates is not a good idea either. There are a lot of people here who don't belong to the republican party because it is too liberal and too influenced by the LDS. They tend to support conservative candidates.

I think the way to clean up the mess is for the RNC to start taking delegates away from states based upon the number of non-republican votes cast in their primaries. But given the RNC, that ain't happenin'.

Would a submarine dive with a semi-open hatch? I just don’t get your point of bringing in the LDS on this. Are they tooooo conservative for you? Are you and others willing to let the media drive the narrative? If using the LDS as a reason only open you, or them, up to being nothing more than a bigot. There is this funny little phrase at the end of the freedom OF religion part of the 1st Amendment that says “or the free exercise thereof.”

For the record, I am Southern Baptist but I will defend to my dying breath and gave an oath to do so in regards to protecting all of the Constitution, not just the parts I may agree with or only apply to my personal situation in life.

Close them, altogether. If someone does not want to play, go find their own party to have a primary with. I say either let the Republican Party sink or die on how it really represents true republicanism.

Close the hatch before you dive, Captain!

Semi-open means that Mrs Tupelo and I, as independents can request and get a primary ballot from either party. But not both.
I voted in the Republican primary in 2012 because that is where most Tea Party candidates are.
I will also do the same in 2014 in order to vote for Adam Kwasman for the House, and in 2015 to try my damnedest to get Steve Smith elected to the Senate.