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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I did this accidentally when first voting, found out after a few years and had the hardest time convincing the person at the DMV when updating my license when moving that I was not a member of any party. It is like trying to answer ‘none’ when someone asks for my favorite team/drink/food/music/whatever.
What does the dmv guy care about your affiliation
In my state you can renew your voter registration at the DMV in renewing or updating your license when your address changes.
I’m some states you can register to vote at the DMV when doing some other DMV things. Not sure why they’d give this person a hard time though.
But also you should generally just pick a primary to vote in. You are voting in primaries, right?
Some states have open primaries, you just vote in whatever one you want. Not every state requires registering with a party to vote in the primary.
Nope. I really dislike both parties that are going to win. It doesn’t matter who is the candidate for either party because at the national level my district will always go Republican anyway for representative, senators, and president.
I only vote to vote against Republicans and tell myself that maybe my vote mattered for some random local position. No interest in actually keeping up with the mediocre Democratic candidates, and trying to influence the Republican party is useless because my fellow idiots still keep absolutely obvious villains like Kobach back in power. Not worth getting harassed by fundraisers.
I don’t like Republicans either, but I still vote in the Republican primary. You have a duty to yourself and your country to vote.
If you don’t vote, you’re just allowing others to choose for you. How do you think that’s gonna go?
I do vote, just not in the primaries. My stste requires me to be a member of a party to vote in their primary.
There is no chance in hell that I will be a registered Republican to vote in their primary, and the Dems aren’t worth the effort here.