In Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut (1986), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Question 40 options: the state's law permitting registered independents to vote in the Republican Party primary was unconstitutional. the state's top-two primary system, allowing all eligible voters to vote for any candidate running on any party ticket, was unconstitutional. the state's top-two blanket primary did not deprive state parties of their associational rights to choose their party nominees. the state's law requiring registered voters wishing to vote in the Republican Party's primary had to be registered with the party was unconstitutional