AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion in a federal court asking a judge to rule the state's open primary system as unconstitutional, joining the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) in their attempt to create closed primaries.

“I am in total agreement with the RPT that this law is deeply flawed and a violation of the First Amendment," Paxton wrote in a news release about the Texas election code. "I’ve filed this joint motion with the court because this section of our Election Code should immediately be struck down."

Texas currently allows anyone to vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary when they go to the ballot — a system known as an open primary. Other states, like Florida and New York, have closed primaries, which allow only voters who are regis

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