End Party Registration

Thousands of workers are paid to register voters, preferably for the party that is paying them. Registration forms for the undesirable party are tossed in trash cans. Hundreds of registration forms are filled out and signed in the same hand. Recent news stories regarding voter registration irregularities and outright fraud are making one thing very clear: The time for public registration, and possibly even voting, as a member of a particular party are over. Every voter should simply be registered -- as a voter. No official affiliation. No hint to party-affiliated, get-out-the-vote groups as to whether this voter or that voter will help or hurt their party. It’s time that getting out the vote means just that. And nothing more.

David Butler

Los Angeles