AN ACT CONCERNING OPEN AND EARLIER PRIMARIES.

SB 142 would allow voters not registered with any political party (unaffiliated voters) to participate in their preferred party's primary elections. It also requires all party primaries to be held no later than 14 days after the General Assembly's annual session ends. This bill directly affects unaffiliated voters and political parties by expanding primary voting access and moving primaries earlier in the calendar year. The change aims to increase voter participation in the primary process.