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<blockquote data-quote="Coded-Dude" data-source="post: 2592319" data-attributes="member: 16918">Oklahoma Voter Registration Form: Democrat, Republican, No Party(Independent), Other(Independent)You can&#039;t officially register as any thrid party as they are not recognized per Oklahoma Voting Laws(you can write it down on the blank line under Other, but that means little to nothing in terms of voting, you&#039;re still just independent in the eyes of the state; that means third party not american independent party).&nbsp; There are a great many hoops the big two put in place to make it difficult to get recognized by the state, be put on the ballot, and stay on the ballot.&nbsp; D &amp; R are automaticly recognized and placed on the ballot, so they don&#039;t have to jump through any of these hoops(&quot;seperate but equal&quot;).Some third party voters will register big two in order to influence who makes it to the primaries.&nbsp; Hell, even D &amp; R voters do this.&nbsp; I know Republicans who register Democrat so they can decide who their &quot;guy&quot; will be running against in the main race(and visa versa).&nbsp; You can consider this being a &quot;statist&quot; but there are valid political reasons one why one doesn&#039;t simply register to the party in which they actually support(it&#039;s called working the system within the rules; Ron Paul tried it but the rules got changed on him on the fly - &quot;fair and balanced&quot;).Anywho, like I said.&nbsp; Those in power have/are/will make it as difficult as possible for others to take their power away.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t mean it can&#039;t/won&#039;t happen, but the the uphill battle is long and arduous and many would rather work within the system available than tirelessy try fighting it to no avail.&nbsp; Carry on....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Coded-Dude, post: 2592319, member: 16918"] Oklahoma Voter Registration Form: Democrat, Republican, No Party(Independent), Other(Independent) You can't officially register as any thrid party as they are not recognized per Oklahoma Voting Laws(you can write it down on the blank line under Other, but that means little to nothing in terms of voting, you're still just independent in the eyes of the state; that means third party not american independent party). There are a great many hoops the big two put in place to make it difficult to get recognized by the state, be put on the ballot, and stay on the ballot. D & R are automaticly recognized and placed on the ballot, so they don't have to jump through any of these hoops("seperate but equal"). Some third party voters will register big two in order to influence who makes it to the primaries. Hell, even D & R voters do this. I know Republicans who register Democrat so they can decide who their "guy" will be running against in the main race(and visa versa). You can consider this being a "statist" but there are valid political reasons one why one doesn't simply register to the party in which they actually support(it's called working the system within the rules; Ron Paul tried it but the rules got changed on him on the fly - "fair and balanced"). Anywho, like I said. Those in power have/are/will make it as difficult as possible for others to take their power away. Doesn't mean it can't/won't happen, but the the uphill battle is long and arduous and many would rather work within the system available than tirelessy try fighting it to no avail. Carry on.... [/QUOTE]

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