Registering as an "Independent" party member doesn't mean you have no party affiliation; most states have an Independent party who has a platform that you may or may not agree with!
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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New York - http://ipny.org/platform.html
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Oregon - https://www.indparty.com/
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Illinois - https://www.iviipo.org/our-policies/economic-issues
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American Independent Party - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Independent_Party
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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.
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.
I guess you missed my point as well.
My question was which states even ask political association in the first place?
Red ones.
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.
I'm in a 'red' state. Wanna try again?
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.
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.
Texas, no party listed, the last couple of cycles I've voted in the Republican primary to try to help a least worst candidate.
What ID card are you talking about?
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.
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.
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.
In many states, in order to vote in the primary elections of a party you have to be registered to that party.