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Letter to the Editor: Closed primaries shut voters out Primaries are low turnout elections that have high level consequences. Independent voters should not be shut out, a reader writes. Share As the son of a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, at one time stationed in an Iron Curtain country, I have always had strong feelings about the importance of democratic elections. So, on March 5, 2016, I was glad to give up a weekend afternoon in order to vote in the Republican Presidential Caucus for York County. Shortly thereafter, a longstanding friend (Barry Hobbins) announced as a candidate in the upcoming Democratic primary for what would be a vacant Maine State Senate seat. Knowing that I would be out of town on the June 14 election date, I went to city hall to change my registration and apply for an absentee ballot. I was told that I could not make this change for three months (M.R.S.A. 21-A Chapter 3 Article 2), by which time I would already be on my trip. By having registered as a Rep

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