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To: Theodore R.

Yes, you do have that option to register as an independent voter, semantics and terminology aside. (Independent is a term a nationwide audience would understand best, right?) Any registered voter can vote in the general election. Otherwise, correct.

The board of registration is a few blocks from me. I need to drop by and pick up some forms. Lots of work to do...


4,801 posted on 03/27/2005 1:30:32 PM PST by Wampus SC
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To: Wampus SC

In TX, one is automatically considered an "unaffiliated voter" at registration. He registers by party (for two years, no more, no less) by voting in a primary election. Primaries are held the second Tuesday of March in every even-year. If some offices do not produce majority-backed nominees in the primary, there is a second or runoff primary on the second Tuesday of April. But if one misses either of those primaries, he is an unaffiliated voter for two years -- until the cycle repeats itself, 2006, 2008, etc. Of course, an unaffiliated voter can call himelf a member of a major party, but he is technically not a major party member in TX unless he votes in the every-other-year primaries.


4,807 posted on 03/27/2005 2:07:10 PM PST by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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