Post AnJstNc75eGJEJdFJo by dmakovec@theblower.au
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 (DIR) Post #AnJstNc75eGJEJdFJo by dmakovec@theblower.au
       2024-10-24T03:38:19Z
       
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       Can any American friends out there explain the attached statement to me and the concept of "registered Democrat/Republican" - is it saying that everybody who enrols to vote has to publicly/anonymously register which party they traditionally align with, even outside of the election cycle?Or is that just a thing that lots of people do voluntarily i.e. from below 10% of the entire voting population of NY have publicly stated that they are Republican - does that mean that 90% have stated that they are Democrat? Coming at this from the perspective of an Australian. Most of us are not members of any party - we just turn up on polling day and vote for whomever we like.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnJstP9TN6Xa04FOxE by motorola68k@electron.ninja
       2024-10-24T04:10:12Z
       
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       @dmakovec The parties have a primary system where some states are closed primary and some are open primary. In a closed primary state you must be a member of a party to vote for the presumptive candidate. Once the parties lock in their choice that is what is pushed up for popular vote. In states with open primaries, none of that matters you can be a republican and vote for the worst democrat to try and damage the party. So rules depend on the state but that is the general idea.