d as "unaffiliated"?

12/20/2007 2:14:41 PM

Yes, you must declare which primary, though.

12/20/2007 2:20:05 PM

^

12/20/2007 2:23:58 PM

How do you do that?

Can you do it when you walk in or do you have to pre-register.

12/20/2007 2:24:48 PM

^ When you walk in.

http://www.wakegov.com/WakeGov/Templates/General/GeneralContent.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2felections%2ffaq%2ehtm&NRNODEGUID=%7b4FCF5F09-C3F4-4D63-9B63-6E06903BF7D0%7d&NRCACHEHINT=Guest#Q1

[Edited on December 20, 2007 at 2:26 PM. Reason : .]

12/20/2007 2:25:42 PM

Nice.

12/20/2007 2:27:21 PM

^ You're welcome.

12/20/2007 2:30:21 PM

^

12/20/2007 2:30:59 PM

voting in our primaries is pretty silly usually. but who knows how this stuff will come out this year.

[Edited on December 20, 2007 at 2:31 PM. Reason : .]

12/20/2007 2:31:06 PM

will be interesting to see what Dem wins the primary in NC(they dont have a chance in the general, Bin Laden would win NC as a Republican).

12/20/2007 4:00:04 PM

ah, this is very good news, I thought I was going to have to register republican to vote for Paul when I am far from a republican..

is this the same in most/all states? I might vote in florida, i dunno how all this works.

[Edited on December 20, 2007 at 4:06 PM. Reason : fhds]

12/20/2007 4:05:22 PM

Quote :

"will be interesting to see what Dem wins the primary in NC(they dont have a chance in the general, Bin Laden would win NC as a Republican)."

i've always wondered why that is, given the fact that NC seems to like Dem. Governors.

12/20/2007 4:46:37 PM

Quote :

"statefan24: is this the same in most/all states? I might vote in florida, i dunno how all this works."

No - each state varies. Many states have a "closed" primary, which requires you to register a certain period of time before the party's primary you want to vote in.

Ron Paul's campaign website actually has a good list of "open" (don't need to register, just walk in and declare) and "closed" (need to register with the party prior) primaries by state.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/primary-and-caucus-information/
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/states/

12/20/2007 5:36:13 PM

fuck, FL is closed.

does NC have mail-in primary ballots?

I'd really rather not go through switching parties.

[Edited on December 20, 2007 at 8:41 PM. Reason : hfds]

12/20/2007 8:40:35 PM

You just have to register Republican by December 31. There's still time if you want to vote in that primary...

Also, you'd have to change for NC anyways - looking it up, it's looking like the Republican primary is closed. (State parties set their own rules). So, either way - you gotta change parties. (You can always just change back right after the election).

I don't know if they do absentee ballots for primary elections - probably not.

[Edited on December 20, 2007 at 8:43 PM. Reason : Additional info]

12/20/2007 8:41:53 PM

blah

12/20/2007 8:50:52 PM

http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/democraticprimaries/index.html

nc primary for dems is on my birthday. May 6

[Edited on January 2, 2008 at 2:19 PM. Reason : since i'm unaff. i can only vote in the dem primary anyhow]

1/2/2008 2:10:33 PM

so... I am (was?) registered Libertarian

there aren't any Libertarians on the ballot this year, though, right?

can I vote in another primary or am I shit out of luck because a party that I chose got disenfranchised?

1/3/2008 5:26:18 PM

^ If you registered Libertarian you've been automatically switched to unaffiliated when the Libertarians got kicked off the ballot.

1/3/2008 5:59:33 PM

^^ Go to your county's election office where you're registered to vote (google search the address) and change your party affiliation to the party whose primary you want to vote for. You have to show up in person. For the Republicans, you have to be registered Republican. I am going to temporarily make myself Republican from Independent in a month or so so I can vote in the Republican primary in May.

[Edited on January 3, 2008 at 6:28 PM. Reason : .]

1/3/2008 6:27:47 PM