Editing Rob Bishop (section)

==== Utah GOP closed primary ====
Bishop was chairman of the Utah Republican Party when the decision was made to close primaries to nonparty members in the late 1990s. The Utah Democratic party holds open primaries. When asked about Democrats changing their party affiliation to vote in the 2020 Republican primary, he replied "instead of piddling around with the Republican primary. Doing it this way ... the best you can call it is dishonorable. It really is a slimy way of doing things." He said the only reason Democrats are attempting to "pervert the process" is to help advance a candidate. "That's inherently wrong," Bishop said.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Utah GOP voter registrations up, Democrats and other parties down for primary|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/utah-gop-voter-registrations-up-democrats-and-other-parties-down-for-primary/ar-BB15QMCb|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> In an editorial, Bishop restated his view: "A leading Democrat wants to create havoc in the system. For what aim? Maybe to elect the 'correct' candidates? Maybe to help Democrats have a bigger voice in the elections?"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bishop|first=Rob|date=2020-05-05|title=Rep. Rob Bishop: How I intend to fix Utah's broken election system|url=https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/5/5/21248133/rob-bishop-utah-election-sb54-lieutenant-governor-candidate|access-date=2020-06-26|website=Deseret News|language=en|archive-date=2020-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517125021/https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/5/5/21248133/rob-bishop-utah-election-sb54-lieutenant-governor-candidate|url-status=live}}</ref>