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John Scalzi@scalzi.com |
Public records show my party registration is WHAT NOW (I asked for a GOP ballot in the 2016 primary election to vote against Trump, that's the only reason I can think of. I have voted Democratic and non-party ballots since, so I have no idea how this one stuck. I'll have to switch it out.)
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Ben Walsh
@bwalsh.bsky.social
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My first time registering I attempted to register independent but ended up registering for the American Independent Party š±
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Semi-feral Post Monger
@dwaynefuhlhage.bsky.social
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My wife and I are registered as Republicans in the KS03 and are represented by Sharice Davids. I'm a descendent of German wheat farming immigrants with a long tradition of helping pick the least bad Republican in the primaries. Sometimes it makes a difference in low-turnout local elections.
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Rooker
@rooker.bsky.social
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Scalzi's a Republican! Cancelled!! I always mean to do this too, but by the time Georgia has its primaries, the decision is already a foregone conclusion anyway.
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terra
@dirtgirl.wifeguy.online
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happy almost birthday!
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terra
@dirtgirl.wifeguy.online
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you got ohio'd
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JayZero
@jayzero9.bsky.social
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That's probable what auto set you for Republican. I live in a State where on primary election day you can switch or change which primary candidate ballot you wish you vote on.
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Eran Arbel
@sabrerunner.bsky.social
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BTW, aren't democratic elections supposed to be secret? What's the point of saying beforehand, "I'm with this party!"
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Kitty Chandler
@mightybattlecat.bsky.social
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... thank you for that, I've now checked my voter registration and confirmed it's still as it should be. Fucking yikes.
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(((Sarah)))
@smpa.bsky.social
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I know mine says that because roughly half the offices on my ballot aren't even contested by a token Democrat - two or three Republicans in the primary, then it's just that winner, unopposed, in the general. Weird that yours reset, though.
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Jeanne Damiano
@tater0091.bsky.social
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@heidiblough.bsky.social
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Thatās the stupid thing about Ohio election law. You canāt switch parties at the BOE. Your affiliation is based on the ballot you asked for.
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Jennie
@angrybooklady.bsky.social
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My party affiliation probably says the same thing. I sometimes strategically vote in GOP primaries, since my state allows fornl that.
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12MileGeo
@12milegeo.bsky.social
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I always make sure my affiliation is "No Party Affiliation". You can do that here in Oregon.
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Ninašš»šŗš¦š»Please, my AI, it is struggling.
@ratgrrl.bsky.social
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I was just in that database and since I'd been looking up other people in my state of Ohio, I thought okay how about someone famous? If I'd been chewing gum, I would've swallowed it.
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Dexter Remmick
@ltremmick.bsky.social
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Likely story, Scalzi
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samhain
@samhain.bsky.samhain.tech
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Iāve had the same phone number since I was 18, and since initially my parents were paying my bill, my number is still registered in some Ohio Republican database as belonging to my conservative mother. Every 4 years I get Republican voting spam, and Iām usually respond āI literally hate you. Gtfo.ā
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Randy Smith
@curiouserrandy.bsky.social
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I'd think if you live in a conservative area, you'd do more good voting in Republican primaries than Democratic ones. Do you have a practical reason not to go that way, or just ("just") that it would feel like a lie?
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Will āLooking for a jobā Smith
@willsmith.fun
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This is how it always happens. You start out liberal and see a little success, then next thing you knowā¦ Same thing happened to me in CA when I voted in the republican primary in 2016.
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rcjhawk
@rcjhawk.bsky.social
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I did this when I lived in New Jersey so that I could vote for Bush against Reagan. Lot of good that did. I left the state before the next election an registered with a proper political party in my new home.
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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No, wait! You're on the inside now! Penetrate deep, destroy from within!
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E-Something
@nullinterface.bsky.social
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Living in TX (open primaries) I've voted in a few GOP primaries (as the Democrats often effectively choose not to compete) so as to do what I can to limit the crazy
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Carol
@pinkgodzilla2.bsky.social
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I originally reg Rep to try for the least damaging candidate from primary, registered Green in CO to help party qualify (back when it was original flavor circa ā95, not the version now), and have been no party pref since moving back to CA. Debated Rep for ā16 primary but late in season so no impact.
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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat
@shaidorsai.bsky.social
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We see your sneaky pro-Emperox propaganda in your fiction, revanchist! *begins singing The Internationale*
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Wick
@wickd.bsky.social
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Look at the bright side. If you are registered as an R, you probably won't get caught by Ohio's bs voter list purges.
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Thomas Nguyen
@nuge.bsky.social
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Have you voted in any primary elections since?
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Joe Discenza
@jdiscenza.bsky.social
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In a closed primary state like FL, it just makes sense to register as the majority party in your district. That gives you the voice in the primary. (We moved here from open-primary MI.)
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Tom Isaacson
@parsley72.bsky.social
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As a foreigner I donāt understand why you have to register your party. Weāre allowed to vote secretly.
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Marsha Shaiman
@meshaiman.bsky.social
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Victim of some nefarious GQP plot?
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David Dixon
@david.commasplice.net
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always weird to me that any states do this, just have open primaries and let people vote in only one of them (iām in georgia and until the maga takeover would vote in republican primaries just to try to get the least bad oneā¦ dems donāt even bother to run for many of the seats here anyway)
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Phizle
@phizle.bsky.social
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Party registration is a very flawed indicator, WV had a majority of registered Democrats well into it's hard right turn and might still Some of that is people forget to change it but I imagine it's not kept perfectly because it only affects primary results
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Jess Soleigh
@soleigh.bsky.social
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brings me back to struggling for three or so rounds of updating forms and still getting incorrect cards because florida doesnt like it when you switch away from R, the thing you just picked when you were 18 then moved away for the next 15 years š
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Average Jane
@averagejane.bsky.social
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As an election worker, I can confirm that voting in a different partyās primary changes your voter registration. But you can change it back at will unless youāre too close to the next election.
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