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A '''blanket primary''' is a primary election to nominate candidates for a general election, in which voters are not limited to their own political parties. Instead, a voter can vote for the [[Democratic]] candidate to become the nominee for one office and then vote for a [[Republican]] to become the nominee for another office.
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Political parties object to having non-members influence who their nominees will be. The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that the freedom of association of political primaries was violated by [[California]]'s '''blanket primary''' system, in the case of ''[[California Democratic Party v. Jones]]''.