Quote Originally Posted by spmetla
Horetore, take for example my state of Hawaii. Here we use the Caucus system for each party. The Democratic caucuses were held last month and if I wanted to vote for one of the Democratic candidates to get the nomination I would have to register with the Democratic party, the same goes for the Republican Caucuses held later this year. However as a person that hates political parties I refuse to register with either party. Thus, my vote will be cast only in November when I choose one of the nominees or independents that are running.
If it was an open primary then instead of having to register with a political party I could opt for a democratic or republican ballot and vote for a nominee.

This is further complicated by each state having different rules for the selection of each parties candidates.
Yeah....

Another explanation needed: What exactly is a "caucus"?