{"id":109932,"date":"2022-02-12T16:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T22:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109932"},"modified":"2022-02-12T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T22:37:43","slug":"tys-takes-political-party-declaration-on-voter-registration-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109932","title":{"rendered":"Ty\u2019s Takes: Political Party Declaration On Voter Registration Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109932\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109932\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109096 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tys-Takes.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>By Ty Ross<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The more I think about gerrymandering, the more I am convinced that one shouldn\u2019t have to declare a political party when registering to vote. I mean, what purpose does it really serve? Other than to give those who want to disenfranchise the voters they think won\u2019t support them the fuel and motivation to re-draw maps based on that assumption.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion every American citizen once they turn 18, should be automatically registered to vote. The right to vote is a constitutional one and shouldn\u2019t be hindered. Party preference shouldn\u2019t matter. Doesn\u2019t matter. Thoughts change, candidates change, ideologies change and I shouldn\u2019t have to notify the government of my personal feelings and political leanings at any given moment. Any more than I need to announce I\u2019ve stopped eating meat, or no longer like the color red. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While it is not mandatory to choose a party, voters are restricted in voting options. In the general election, one can vote for any candidate regardless of the party the registered voter has affiliated. But not in caucus or primary races. This is a round-a-bout way of suppressing voters rights. Saying, you don\u2019t have to choose but if you don\u2019t your voting rights will be restricted.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s useful or necessary in a democracy. That\u2019s just my two cents on the matter.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ty Ross The more I think about gerrymandering, the more I am convinced that one shouldn\u2019t have to declare a political party when registering to vote. I mean, what purpose does it really serve? Other than to give those who want to disenfranchise the voters they think won\u2019t support them the fuel and motivation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[28242],"class_list":["post-109932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-tys-takes-political-party-declaration-on-voter-registration-forms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109932"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}