As an American citizen, you are entitled to voting for whoever you think is the better candidate is, no matter what party they belong to.
Yes, as an American citizen you are entitled to vote for whoever you think is the better candidate, no matter what party you are affiliated with.
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The Philippines is a democratic country so those who want to serve the government had to be elected by a Filipino citizen who is a registered voter (a registered voter should be 18 years old and above). If a certain Filipino is outside the country he/she can still vote via absentee voting by just going to the Philippine embassy in the country where he belongs.
there are supposedly 575,000 registered voters in detroit. there are only 625,000 people over 18 there! 92% are registered to vote?
open primary
Many voting precincts purge their registry by using obituaries and other information gained from other entities. If someone who votes, but has died at the time of the election, their vote does not count. The Pew Center estimates 1.8 million people on the US voter rolls have died.
No. If it isn't on the ballot you can't vote for it. One reason I am registered with a party because California doesn't allow a third party vote on a ballot.
In the general election, you can vote for whoever you like regardless of which party you are registered with. In less political terms, on election day you can vote for whoever you want.
No. You can't cross party lines. You will get the ballot in the party you are registered. If you are independent or Green Party you don't get to vote in the primary.
In most primary elections, you are only allowed to vote for members of the party that you are registered with. In general elections, you are allowed to vote for whom ever you wish, regardless of the party you are registered with.
a person who has registered to vote but has not joined a party is called an independent voter.
modified primary
To vote, you need to be registered. Based on what the person believes, they can vote for whoever they want (people who are members of a party typically vote for whoever their party's candidate is).
Independent voter
no
A closed-vote primary (restricted to party members)
Democrats, and then only if they are registered to vote in their county.
Yes; party registration has no relationship to how you vote in a general election. In a general election, you can vote for whoever you want, no matter what your party registration.