When Louisiana votes next year in closed primaries for the first time, registered Republicans will vote for Republican candidates and registered Democrats will vote for Democratic candidates — and a large swath of unaffiliated voters will get to pick one party or the other.

But some Louisiana Republicans aren’t happy with that system. They think that their party’s primary should be limited only to those who have signed up as a member of the GOP.

“We shouldn’t be allowing anyone to come into our party, our organization who has chosen not to be part of it and have a voice," said Christy Haik, a conservative activist and member of the state party’s governing body.

“A nonmember coming into this club and having a voice and a vote — how is that fair in any organization?” she said.

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