Definitions for open primary

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o′pen pri′mary(n.)

  1. a direct primary in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.

    Category: Government

Origin of open primary:

1930–35, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. open primary(noun)

    a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party)


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