That may be in your state, but other states can pick and choose who gets to vote in the primaries. In Idaho, for instance, only registered parties can vote in the primaries. When I was unaffiliated, and also a concurrent absentee voter, I wasn't allowed to vote absentee in the primaries at all. I had no choice but to switch to one of the parties in order to vote in the primaries.

Here, in this state of Idaho, they are forcing people to choose the lesser of two evils, so many democrats and moderates and independents I know are posing at "republicans" on the voting registry just to make sure that they can vote during the primaries in order to keep out the extremists. I didn't even know that was possible. Then, I think what happens is that they can choose whatever come the elections, but most here will just choose the less of two evils.

It's sick how this game works. I just don't like this two-party system at all. And NOT ALL STATES have the same voting operations and laws as the other, so that is why any national votes are always brought into question. There's no uniformity at all. I just wished that the popular vote for any political party was there instead of this mess.

I'm glad your state allows the unaffiliated or independents or nonpartisans to vote in the primaries.