RPV spokesman David D’Onofrio said that, as long as the State Board of Elections certifies the decision, there should be “no problem” with rescinding the statement before the primary. The statement that would go away is on a separate piece of paper and is not part of the ballot itself, Wheeler and D’Onofrio said.

Voters in the Republican primary would have been required to sign a statement that said: “My signature below indicates that I am a Republican.”

D’Onofrio said there was “lots of confusion” over allowing provisional balloting for people who refused to sign the oath and determining the intent of voters who put down illegible signatures or an “X.”

“There was confusion created and uncertainty, and we thought it best to just stay focused on the most pressing matter at hand,” D’Onofrio said.

This marks the third consecutive presidential election in which state GOP officials have approved a type of oath or pledge, only to rescind it before the state’s presidential primary.