It’s a common misconception, but if you registered “Independent Party” you aren’t “independent” you are a member of your state’s Independent party, who has a platform and agenda you may or may not agree with. What you actually want is called an “unaffiliated” voter status. The good news is, all you have to do is…nothing!

LA Times had a good summary a few years back: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-american-independent-party-california-registration-card-20180405-story.html

You don’t need to register with any party to show you don’t like R or D, do nothing or choose "unaffiliated if you want to be “little i independent”.

Examples:

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  • @[email protected]
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    55 months ago

    It depends on the state. When I lived in Florida, there was a party on my id card. In Texas, there isn’t, though you can only vote in one party’s primary (including any runoffs) per election.

    • @[email protected]
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      45 months ago

      Texas, no party listed, the last couple of cycles I’ve voted in the Republican primary to try to help a least worst candidate.

      • @[email protected]
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        15 months ago

        The voter registration card. Here’s a sample from a few years ago in a different county, but the one I had twenty years ago was similar.

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          15 months ago

          Interesting we have no such thing in MN. When you do a change of address at the post office, you can opt to have them register you to vote at your new address. I don’t even recall if I had to show ID when I voted the first time at my new precinct.

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            15 months ago

            I don’t think I’ve ever had to show my registration card, but both states send them out. Since Voter ID passed in Texas, though, I have had to bring my Drivers License, which given the shitty way the state runs the DL offices is another bullshit voter suppression tactic.