The latest voter registration figures are out and the number of independent voters continues to rise. Figures released by the Arizona Secretary of State’s office show that the number of voters without a party preference is once again higher than the number of registered Democrats.
Since voter registration figures were last released in April, more than 13,000 voters have registered without a party preference or designated an unrecognized party. During the same period, Republican registration dropped by a little more than 3,000 voters and the number of Democrats fell by nearly 8,000 voters.
In local and state elections, independent voters can generally vote in party primaries, except for the Libertarian Party’s closed primary. But independednts will not be allowed to vote in the presidential primaries on February 28.
The last day to change party prefernece to vote in the presidential primaries is January 30. But Gov. Jan Brewer has said she plans to move the election up a month.
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