Oh yeah an anonymous rant blog is totally the best place to post this question

Could be a gov't or focus group trolling attempt to find out how ignorant this demographic is on the subject.

Joke's on them though. The less you know about Oregon balloting and voting processes, the better off you are.

Um, u get a ballot that differs depending on which party u registered for...

In Oregon, if you aren't registered with a party, you aren't allowed to vote in primaries for party candidates.

I, IGNORANT AND UNINFORMED

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But I thought I already voted. Then what was that $35 check for??

Your first sentence summed things up. Yes you are ignorant. Please crawl back into your fucking cave!!

Unfortunately that's the way the balloting system works. Unless a state is what's called a crossover state you can only vote in the primary election for the party you're registered in. If you're a libertarian, an independent, Green Party, and they usually don't have a primary, I'm pretty sure you're only going to get that ballot showing the non partisan candidates. WHY? I think one reason is this.

Suppose your a Democrat and they're candidate is a shew-in to win it's primary (against any other Democrats). If allowed, you might just choose to vote in the Republican primary and give the weakest Republican a vote in the hopes he/she'll be the one to face and lose to your popular Democrat. It might sound far-fetched, but in those crossover states, it could and has happened.

My wife registers in one major party and I in the other. That way we get to see and look up all the names and faces running and try to pick the less egotistic and out of touch of the clowns running. To no avail I'm sure.

Hey guys, quit explaining things to this person!

I, A. It makes no sense, so you should probably just boycott the vote. In fact, our voting is so complicated that you should maybe just leave Oregon.

I don't want to get into a pissing contest, BUT, I don't get why so many of you common-taters are slamming this guy. It's an honest question. Is it an inside joke that only you veteran bloggers are hip to? Was it voted up at the last lodge meeting to pile on anybody that needs help with a problem that doesn't meet with your approval? Did one of you earlier commenters, like Chunty say a secret password to tip the rest of you off to blast this guy? For crying out loud, Belle Trolls wants to run him out of town.

The only content requirement here, supposedly, is for the header and opening statement to be anonymous. Considering the lengthy recorded telephone announcement at the office of Multnomah County Elections Division, repeated in a couple of dozen various foreign languages before it finally at long last is presented in English, this page might be the most expeditious opportunity to ask a question, just so long as one has no objection to expedient answers.

Medicated Marine: This is like asking "What day of the week do I need to put my trash on the curb?"

There's just a billion other places I'd look before posing this question in an "anonymous rant" tar pit on an alt weekly's website. Ask a neighbor, a coworker, Google, etc. Life's hard. Figuring this shit out isn't.

I,A should be a confession, a bitch session, an unhinged rant. Something that you need to get off your chest. This isn't I Just Moved Here and Don't Know My Way Around, Anonymous, because that would be fucking boring.

I consider this thread to be a rant and a complaint; perhaps a bit tame compared to the standard fare, but do consider the number of responses here, the fact that the Colonel hasn't even bothered to rate it, notwithstanding. I think he lost the bet, or something like that might be the reason.

As a registered voter and commenter, I give this submission 4 candles.

If it's a rant and a complaint, then the author is poor at communication. Here, let me rephrase it:

"The fuck's up with this shit ballot? I move to your dumb town, try to act like I care about your meaningless local politics, and you FUCK ME."

OR

"I find it highly offensive that Portland has infringed upon MY RIGHTS by excluding me from voting for the lesser of two evil mainstream candidates simply because I'm intelligent enough to identify as a Libertarian. Clearly, it is time to abolish this joke of a government. I've already begun stockpiling weapons, legumes and copies of Atlas Shrugged. (Also a couple copies of The Turner Diaries, but shhhh! That's a secret)"