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It’s a common misconception, but if you registered "Independent Party" you aren’t “independent” you are a member of your state’s Independent party, who has a platform and agenda you may or may not agree with. What you actually want is called an "unaffiliated" voter status. The good news is, all you have to do is...nothing!

LA Times had a good summary a few years back: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-american-independent-party-california-registration-card-20180405-story.html

You don’t need to register with any party to show you don’t like R or D, do nothing or choose "unaffiliated if you want to be “little i independent”.

Examples:

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[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

You mean people have to register under a particular political party? I'm a registered voter, and there's no field for which party I'd be in support of.

I just looked at my registration card, sounds like a load of horse shit to me.

[-] Veraxus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I’m in California and I’ve been NPA (No Party Affiliation) for almost my entire voting-age life. So NPA is an option… at least in some states.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I guess you missed my point as well.

My question was which states even ask political association in the first place?

[-] Veraxus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago
[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm in Oregon and it's on the voter registration form, not required, but a big drop down with party name and no other info. Oregon is hardly red.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'm in a 'red' state. Wanna try again?

[-] mibo80@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly the same for me. Never saw any particular party as one worth affiliation with my voting choices though I do end up voting for Democrat backed choices most often.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

It depends on the state. When I lived in Florida, there was a party on my id card. In Texas, there isn’t, though you can only vote in one party’s primary (including any runoffs) per election.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Texas, no party listed, the last couple of cycles I've voted in the Republican primary to try to help a least worst candidate.

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

What ID card are you talking about?

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The voter registration card. Here’s a sample from a few years ago in a different county, but the one I had twenty years ago was similar.

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Interesting we have no such thing in MN. When you do a change of address at the post office, you can opt to have them register you to vote at your new address. I don't even recall if I had to show ID when I voted the first time at my new precinct.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t think I’ve ever had to show my registration card, but both states send them out. Since Voter ID passed in Texas, though, I have had to bring my Drivers License, which given the shitty way the state runs the DL offices is another bullshit voter suppression tactic.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

In many states, in order to vote in the primary elections of a party you have to be registered to that party.

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