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There's no connection anymore. >> reporter: so lewis is taking matters into his own hands. i'm tagging along to see what happens as he drives his pickup to the state capital of his home state kentucky, hoping to give independents a bigger voice. okay. what's the plan? >> well, the plan is just to talk to as many senators as i can. senator lieber, how are you doing, sir? trying to get as many people on the ground if i can, wrestle them down if i have to. >> reporter: lewis is only partly kidding about a fight. he wants to overturn the state's closed primary system, a system that excludes tens o...
A party primary. 17 other states have the same system. if you're an independent voter, you're not allowed to vote until the general election. democratic state senator and former kentucky governor julian carroll thinks independented should pick a party. >> if they want a party, fine, we'll create a party, and then they can have their own party that believes in their own principles. >> reporter: independents don't want to have their own party. >> i could care less what they want. i'm telling you how we operate a democracy in it america, david. we operate a democracy in america with the two-party...