Polling place asking which party you wanted to vote for?

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

Hi - I voted at Dilboy and they asked me who I was going to vote for (in order, I guess to give me a red or blue ballot). I was a bit taken aback since I can't recall ever having been asked before. The people at the desk said they didn't know why they were asking- they just asked and marked down my response. (the blue pill). There was no independent option.

Anyone know what is up with this? A primary thing?

Comments

[ron_newman]

"unenrolled" and "independent" mean the exact same thing: you are registered to vote, without a party designation.

The reason Massachusetts had to adopt the term "unenrolled" is that a decade or two ago, someone actually created a party called the "Independent High-Tech Party" and collected enough signatures to get that party's nominees on the state ballot.

[jamiesquared.livejournal.com]

I know that. I used the wrong words to describe what I meant. I am saying...I have never been changed over to democrat just because I voted democrat. The person above thought this was the case.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

That used to happen.

[jadelennox]

Until a few years ago, this was the case.