I thought a) was handled in most places by registering 'Independent' or declining to state party on voter registration. This may also be a matter of whether or not one gets to vote in party primaries which often differ on the rules for voting in a general election.
Can't help much with b) accept some of it is probably lazy voting officials not wanting to deal with counting so many different ballots. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
