Editing Voter suppression (section)

==== Party membership requirements ====
Another example where registration can suppress votes is requiring a declared party preference, which is required in closed [[Partisan primary|primaries]] in the United States for example, dissuading voters who do not want to declare a party preference in order to weigh-in on who represents them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Rhodes |title=Registering By Party: Where the Democrats and Republicans Are Ahead – Sabato's Crystal Ball |date=12 July 2018 |url=https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/registering-by-party-where-the-democrats-and-republicans-are-ahead/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Open primaries]] allow anyone to vote regardless of party preference or affiliation. In some more authoritarian states,{{Which|date=February 2025}} loyal party membership may be required to have a say, or even basic rights and privileges.