how does one unregister from a political party?

[bachanon]

i'm considering an end to my current party affiliation. does anyone know how to go about this? i wonder if it will effect the opportunity to vote in primaries?

[Ross]

In Texas, you don't really register for a specific party. Any affiliation you have is determined from the primary you vote in. As far as I know, there's nothing to stop you voting in the Democrat primary in 2008 and the Democrat primary in 2012.

[bachanon]

In Texas, you don't really register for a specific party. Any affiliation you have is determined from the primary you vote in. As far as I know, there's nothing to stop you voting in the Democrat primary in 2008 and the Democrat primary in 2012.

it's been awhile, but i thought i chose party affiliation when i registered to vote in texas. maybe registration is with the party itself? it's true that texas allows you to vote in either primary regardless of what party you are in.

[ricco67]

I wish you had a selection for moderate independants, because that's where I stand.

Years ago, I thought I was registered for Democrats, but don't ever recall the option on my registration.

[bachanon]

publicdata.com used to have as part of its search engine an area where you could see what party people were registered with. my party affiliation was there for all to see. i don't know that i want to be identified as "republican" on a database. i checked the gop website, but as i suspected, there is no way i could see to "unregister". guess i should check with the local elections office.

[Porchman]

Needless to say, you cannot vote in both primaries. If you sign a petition to have a candidate run on one party's ticket, you cannot vote in the another party's primary. As an independent, I am wary of this, because I vote in primaries to get the best reults when the other ticket has no chance of prevailing in the general election.

[musicman]

publicdata.com used to have as part of its search engine an area where you could see what party people were registered with. my party affiliation was there for all to see. i don't know that i want to be identified as "republican" on a database. i checked the gop website, but as i suspected, there is no way i could see to "unregister". guess i should check with the local elections office.

so what do you want to be identified as?? sheila jackson lee is always looking for zombies. i went to a TMO function tonite and walked out due to the nature of the information. surprised that candidates appeared saying they would conform to the group's opinion.

[JLWM8609]

so what do you want to be identified as?? sheila jackson lee is always looking for zombies. i went to a TMO function tonite and walked out due to the nature of the information. surprised that candidates appeared saying they would conform to the group's opinion.

TMO?

[musicman]

TMO?

TMO

what's funny is that their website says they are broad based, non partisan. they even mentioned at the beginning not to clap if the candidate did not agree with their agenda. the signs were in english, spanish and vietnamese. when they spoke they said that the organization is all inclusive so any comments would also be translated into spanish.........but no translation of vietnamese was mentioned even though the signs in front were also printed in vietnamese.

i was embarrassed for the candidates who did appear.

[kylejack]

Needless to say, you cannot vote in both primaries. If you sign a petition to have a candidate run on one party's ticket, you cannot vote in the another party's primary. As an independent, I am wary of this, because I vote in primaries to get the best reults when the other ticket has no chance of prevailing in the general election.

This applies to independent candidates as well. I couldn't sign Kinky's petition because I wanted to vote in a primary.

[AtticaFlinch]

publicdata.com used to have as part of its search engine an area where you could see what party people were registered with. my party affiliation was there for all to see. i don't know that i want to be identified as "republican" on a database. i checked the gop website, but as i suspected, there is no way i could see to "unregister". guess i should check with the local elections office.

Whether or not you voted, though not who or what you voted for, is public information. So, if you voted in the Democrat or Republican primaries, your affiliation is assumed, and you can bet your bottom dollar the parties are well aware of who voted in which primary. If the Republicans are excessively hounding you with their hats in their hands, it's because you made the choice to vote Republican in the primaries. Same thing applies for the Democrats. That's one of the many reasons I don't ever vote in the primaries, and I'd recommend if you don't have any strong political affiliations on one side or the other but vote based on the issue or the person, avoid the primaries altogether.

About 20 years ago, in an effort to out the "liberal" media, the Republican Party of Texas published a list of all the reporters in the state that voted in the Democrat primaries. About 60% of all those who voted in a primary voted in the Dems. Now, it's rare to find the name of a single reporter on a primary voting list.

[Porchman]

i went to a TMO function tonite and walked out due to the nature of the information. surprised that candidates appeared saying they would conform to the group's opinion.

I know a number of people who were planning to go. From what I gleaned, TMO was going to have candidates from a lot of different races - Mayor, Council, HISD, Lord High Executioner - at this gathering with pre-submitted questions. With such a broad spectrum of races and the time that could feasibly be alloted to each candidate, I didn't see much value in it.

[BryanS]

i'm considering an end to my current party affiliation. does anyone know how to go about this? i wonder if it will effect the opportunity to vote in primaries?

Did you take Rush Limbaugh's advice... and vote in the Democratic Primary for Hillary? ... I know people who have buyer's remorse on that one, because now, it says in public records... they voted in the Democratic primary, D. I guess, next time, people should vote in the Republican primary, if they're really Republican. Not that this is your case...

[plumber2]

I have conducted elections in Galveston County for over 20 years. All one has to do to vote in either primary is to be registered to vote with the county, period. Never do you have to select a party affiliation. The only time your voter card was stamped "Democrat" or "Republican" in the past was so that you would be eligible to vote in a run-off, but now with the electronic voting devices that is no longer necessary.

Election judges were supplied a list of who voted early in each party's primary, so that a naughty voter could not attempt to vote in both primaries. I only had that happen once, and I truly think that the woman just forgot she had already voted.

I was never given a list of names of people who signed a petition. The election statutes may state that, but I'm not sure it even does. I, as an election judge, would have had no way of knowing who had signed a petition. So long as your name was on the voter registration list, and you had not voted early, then you got to vote on election day.

[gto250us]

There is a place out in the desert near Vegas, where you can go to get deprogrammed. It is not easy, but it can be done.

[AtticaFlinch]

There is a place out in the desert near Vegas, where you can go to get deprogrammed. It is not easy, but it can be done.

Yeah? Burning Man?

Edit: That'll definitely take the Republican right outta ya.

[gto250us]

Yeah? Burning Man?

Edit: That'll definitely take the Republican right outta ya.

Burning man will do it for ya. Here is a sampling of a few Wall Street types after their treatment.

[bachanon]

Burning man will do it for ya. Here is a sampling of a few Wall Street types after their treatment.

burning man is on my bucket list.