Ok I am confused, I have registered to vote every year, and they never ask my party.

texas1928

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Wed Oct-15-08 11:32 AM
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Ok I am confused, I have registered to vote every year, and they never ask my party.

So how do they know all these registered voters are Democrat or republican? Is it different in other states?

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Hell Hath No Fury

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Wed Oct-15-08 11:35 AM
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1. You have to register every year???

That is so weird - I registered at 18 here in CA and have not had to since. :shrug: I would view forcing people to register every year to be a form of voter impediment.

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ContinentalOp

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Wed Oct-15-08 11:36 AM
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2. In most states you have to declare a party affiliation so you can vote in the primaries.

:shrug:

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texas1928

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:09 PM
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6. Unless it changed since the last time I voted in a primary.

You go to the primary polling area of the party you want to vote for, and they stamp your registration card, so you can not vote in the other.

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LSK

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Wed Oct-15-08 11:37 AM
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3. it is different in every state

Some states you just register to vote and in some states you have to choose a party.

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Kukesa

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Wed Oct-15-08 11:38 AM
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4. I'm a poll worker in Ohio.

Once you're registered you don't have to register again unless you move or change your name.

We only ask your party affiliation during a PARTISAN PRIMARY election so we can give you the correct ballot (or key in the correct code for the voting machines).

You are not asked your party affiliation during a general election.

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GreenPartyVoter

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:10 PM
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7. I can't remember for sure, but I think I get asked for my affiliation here in ME. I'll

Edited on Wed Oct-15-08 12:11 PM by GreenPartyVoter

try to pay attention on the 4th and let you know.

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tigereye

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:18 PM
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12. they usually ask so they can find your voter reg. card

Edited on Wed Oct-15-08 12:19 PM by tigereye

with the majority or minority inspector - at least that's how we do it here near Pittsburgh.

I haven't had to register for years... I think if you vote regularly it isn't really an issue.

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GreenPartyVoter

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:24 PM
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14. Yeah, there's a table of 3 or 4 people with clipboards and

you give them your name and party (if you have one) and then they scan through the list and cross you off.

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tigereye

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:25 PM
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15. ours have little metal file boxes....

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GreenPartyVoter

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:31 PM
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17. I live in a town of 700, plus another 700 for the college so I guess they can

fit all the voters' names onto a few clipboards.

And while many of the uninformed out there would think we are backwards for voting with pencil and paper, I can't tell you how much of a relief it is to me that we do. ;) I sure wish everyone did. :(

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tigereye

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Wed Oct-15-08 08:07 PM
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22. we haven't really had a problem with the EV machines - it's actually easier

we used to have those old metal ones.

There's a little bit of a privacy issue - there's no booth or curtain, but I actually like the EV machines. Granted we live in a solidly blue area, but....

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Demit

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Wed Oct-15-08 11:46 AM
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5. In PA, you don't have to re-register unless you move OR haven't voted in a major election for 2 yrs

We also have closed primaries (you can't vote for candidates in a primary election if you are unaffiliated, or an independent, although you can still vote on any questions that are on the ballot).

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RadicalTexan

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:10 PM
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8. You don't have to register in Texas.

You can vote in either primary, but only one.

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mscuedawg

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:13 PM
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9. Its the glow you have from being a Democrat....

j/k... :hi:

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Higher Standard

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:15 PM
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10. In WI, we don't have to declare a party.

During primaries, we are instructed to only vote for candidates from one party, but we don't have to declare any specific party affiliation of our own.

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Lex

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:16 PM
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11. In NC you declare your party or be "unaffiliated" if you wish.

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MadHound

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:20 PM
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13. Some states you're required to put down your party affiliation

Edited on Wed Oct-15-08 12:34 PM by MadHound

In others, they simply go by geography, for instance if you live in an inner city area, they know that there's a real good chance that you're both African American and voting Democratic.

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Demit

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:30 PM
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16. Huh? What states take a guess on which party you are, and for what reason? Are you joking?

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MadHound

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:33 PM
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18. The states don't do the guessing, the parties do the guessing

Much like the voter roll purging in '00. Choicepoint, after being hired by Harris, went through and purged voters for two reasons, first due to their name, second, due to where they lived. If they lived in an urban or known African American area, they were purged if their name was anywhere close to being similar to a name on their list.

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Demit

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:47 PM
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20. the topic is state requirements for registering to vote, not voter purges.

the OP was suggesting that it was necessary to register every year in Texas. Responses have been about what the requirements are in various other states. It's about the act of registering, not what happens after.

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RebelOne

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Wed Oct-15-08 12:41 PM
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19. They ask my party here in Georgia,

so they know whether to give me a Democrat or Republican ballot.

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Kukesa

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Wed Oct-15-08 03:35 PM
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21. In Ohio both Dem and Rep candidates are on ONE ballot. n/t

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