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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by eru on Sunday April 24, 2016 @08:07PM (#11561909)
Registering with a party in the US always struck me as crazy. Can't they at least uphold the fiction that people vote on the merit of issues?
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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by akira2501 on Sunday April 24, 2016 @08:33PM (#11561962)
> Can't they at least uphold the fiction that people vote on the merit of issues?

It's not a direct democracy.. other than state referendums, people generally do not have an opportunity to _actually_ vote on issues.

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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by boulos on Sunday April 24, 2016 @08:53PM (#11562011)
In many (most?) primaries it's a requirement that you be a registered member of that party. Luckily for me, California doesn't subscribe to this policy.
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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by aiiane on Sunday April 24, 2016 @09:04PM (#11562047)
Except for the Republican presidential primary.
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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by boulos on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:04AM (#11562695)
No. For example:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...

(The url is the whole story).

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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by WildUtah on Monday April 25, 2016 @12:10AM (#11562485)
Many states don't have party registration. It's a convenience for parties that want to close primaries and target voters for GOTV.
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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by superuser2 on Sunday April 24, 2016 @11:02PM (#11562357)
Choosing a party is pretty much how you express a position on the issues.
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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by eru on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:20AM (#11562744)
In most parts of the world, only a few people are officially registered with any party. Normally, you just show up and vote what you feel like.
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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by Redoubts on Monday April 25, 2016 @12:18AM (#11562501)
Do unaffiliated people have a say who gets on a party list in Europe?
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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by rjsw on Monday April 25, 2016 @05:20AM (#11563220)
France had an open primary for the Socialist Party presidential candidate in 2011.
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Re:Personal info of 93M Mexicans exposed on AWS by eru on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:21AM (#11562746)
Only via public opinion.
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