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Originally Posted by Elphaba
Washington State has recently required that we register our party affiliation, due to a Supreme Court decision that was reviewed for another state. I hate it! We are a State that has a large contingent of Independents (at least on the West side) but now we cannot participate in the primaries unless we pick a party ahead of time. What became of our right to privacy of the vote, if we must declare a party? This makes vote tampering all the more easier imo.
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Maybe its to keep people from screwing with primaries by voting for the worst candidate on the other side.
For example I'd love every right wing voter to vote to nominate Kusinich, but only because I know he would lose the general election. That sort of tampering isn't the intent of the primary.
Edit: ah uber covered it.
The poll needs to be reworded really.
Its who you VOTE for that matters, not who you align with (aka Libertarian).