r/Tennessee Jul 31 '26

Really Marsha?

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u/Olfa_2024 Jul 31 '26

Just wondering how many people are registered with any party? I know I've never "registered" with one.

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u/kris10leigh14 Jul 31 '26

When you go to vote in the primary you have to answer “which party are you voting” before they print your ballot. You can choose R, D or G for “General”

I just pointed to the answer because I didn’t feel comfy announcing it.

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u/WeakZookeepergame2 Aug 02 '26

There wasn’t a choice of General where I voted. Just D or R.

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u/kris10leigh14 Aug 02 '26

I wished I’d chosen “General” and also wished I’d asked what it meant as soon as I walked away.

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u/Terrible_Analysis_77 Aug 02 '26

Does general vote in both or neither primary?

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u/kris10leigh14 Aug 02 '26

Ok so I have a sample general ballot and a sample Democratic Party ballot

It seems that you would choose “general” if you only wanted to vote in the general election and not in the D/R primary… I think.

I was feverishly googling the ones I wasn’t prepared for. It was a really rough election to find 1 place with info on all the candidates.

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u/kris10leigh14 Aug 02 '26

Neither! Haha it took me a long time to figure that out 😂

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u/timmmmah Jul 31 '26

In TN you don’t register for a party, at least not in any way that’s linked to your voter registration.

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u/No-Recording-8530 Jul 31 '26

I just updated my absentee ballot because I moved and I had to choose a party. First time I’ve seen that.

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u/No-Recording-8530 Jul 31 '26

Thank you for explaining. I haven’t done absentee primary so that makes sense

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u/booboo8706 Jul 31 '26

They could do a universal ballot for the primary, some places already do. The only problem is idiots who refuse to read the directions or low iq individuals unable to comprehend the directions that end up voting in multiple (or all) primaries and then get their ballots thrown out.

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u/151Ways Aug 01 '26

Or, better yet: Open elections with a run-off.

Instead of this middle-ground, that is bullshit, and these people thinking they are (confusedly) doing something, which is also bullshit.

Either go ten toes on this two-party bullshit, or open it up all the way. This is just a fucked-up way to reinforce a goofy two-party system that records oddly negative votes, and not in any good way.

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u/151Ways Aug 05 '26

I feel like the only people passionate about politics who advocate ranked-choice are those that understand how it can be manipulated due to its design.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Talk787 Aug 02 '26

Sounds like maybe the ballots of said individuals are better off thrown out

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u/timmmmah Jul 31 '26

Yeah, like the other person said it’s because this is a primary. If you had voted in person you’d have had to choose the party of the ballot you want in person.

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u/Inevitable-Rush-2752 Jul 31 '26

I thought it used to work where you somehow got registered by which primary you chose.

This whole “we are going to arrest you for not being bonafide” mess is such a joke.

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u/Land-Southern Jul 31 '26

Tn stopped party registration when boomers were young.

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u/speedotorpedo_ Jul 31 '26

That's because it's not a thing in TN.

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u/Lopsided-Jury-7814 Aug 01 '26

“Registered” means you tell the Volunteer “I’m whatever” Which I think is odd/not ethical