Comments on: [LISTEN] Community Matters – Chautauqua County BOE Commissioner Discusses 2016 Presidential Primary https://www.wrfalp.com/listen-community-matters-chautauqua-county-boe-commissioner-discusses-2016-presidential-primary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=listen-community-matters-chautauqua-county-boe-commissioner-discusses-2016-presidential-primary A listener supported, non-commercial, low power FM radio station in Jamestown, NY. Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: WRFA https://www.wrfalp.com/listen-community-matters-chautauqua-county-boe-commissioner-discusses-2016-presidential-primary/#comment-193979 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:18:30 +0000 http://www.wrfalp.com/?p=17833#comment-193979 Hi David. Thanks for posting. Where did you go to vote? Did you get the names of the poll workers who refused to give you a ballot? Also a couple of things to keep in mind…

1. If you told them you are a registered independent voter, then you would have already precluded yourself from participating in the primary so perhaps that’s why they didn’t provide an affidavit?

2. Being an independent voter means you’ve registered as unaffiliated with any party, so you can’t really say that all unaffiliated voters comprise the largest Third Party in the US. It’s not a party, and the political philosophy of one independent can be much different than the other, so grouping them all as part of a “party” is an inaccurate assessment. Actually, the largest third party in the US is the Libertarian Party, followed by the Green Party, and then the Constitution Party. There is also an Independence Party – but that has no connection to someone being an independent voter.

]]> By: David Fulton Akin https://www.wrfalp.com/listen-community-matters-chautauqua-county-boe-commissioner-discusses-2016-presidential-primary/#comment-193972 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 03:26:13 +0000 http://www.wrfalp.com/?p=17833#comment-193972 I was turned away at the poles in Mayville after inquiring about provisional ballot. As an registered Independent voter (Largest Third Party in the US) I was aware about the affidavit option However,.election officials on site were unaware of affidavit voting was an option.

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