On February 24, the Wyoming Senate passed HB 103, so it is through the legislature. It requires voters to have registered with a political party approximately three months before the primary, in order to vote in that party’s primary. The old law lets anyone switch parties as late as primary day. However, if someone had not been registered to vote previously, that person could still register on primary day and choose a party that day.
Governor Mark Gordon hasn’t said yet if he will sign the bill.
The decision of how long a voter must wait to participate in a primary or caucus of a party should be up to each party.
There should be no primaries. One election day: voters pick party. Party picks peace officers until next election, replaced at will. Peace officers pick deputies; both paid with poll tax + voluntary funds or volunteers. Voters and peace officers are elite. All others more like serfs, property, farm animals and pets (including all women and children, and non-elite men). Peace officers = responding officers as well as on the spot judge, jury and executioner. Simple, easily memorable, rarely if ever changed laws to be interpreted on the spot by responding officers.
No level of elected government above precinct level. Only peace officers, no other government except self-governing national defense forces with commander in chief picked by generals and admirals, paid with census tax, and chartering of troops and military draft as alternative forms of payment accepted.
No other tax except poll tax and census tax. Difference being poll tax is only on elite men who qualify for and show up to vote, census tax is on all.
Voters should be able to switch parties on election day, and only on election day. Indeed, that would be the purpose of the election.
Elections by physical standing count!!!