can independents vote in republican california primary
You cannot vote more than once. You have to register either unaffiliated or with a party. I am a California voter and had this problem in 2008. We had a closed primary and I could register for any party but to vote for Ron Paul I had to be a Republican or an Independent. That was the state Republican party rule.However, California did not have Independent party registration. (the California Independent Party is not the same party).n 2008, the Republican Party decided NOT to allow independents to vote in their primary. Only those registered as Republicans could vote in that primary (although other parties, including the Democratic permitted independents to vote in their primaries).