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T O P I C     R E V I E W vrs Pretty much everything you could want to know about voter registration is on the Collin County Election site: http://www.co.collin.tx.us/elections/voter_registration/index.jsp Please note that the application process must be complete 30 days prior to an election in order to vote. You can request the application online, but allow time for them to send it to you and then for you to get it back to them by the deadline. Next election will be the party primaries in mid-March. Among others, our U.S. and State representatives are on the ballot. In many races this year there are no Democrats who have filed for office, so the Republican primary is, in essence, the general election for those offices. vrs I wanted to clarify something in my earlier message. In Texas, you can vote in either primary in March without declaring any party affiliation. So it doesn't mean you have joined that party just because you voted in that primary. As a practical matter, if the Republican primary is contested and the Democratic primary is not (there are no contested races on the Democratic ticket in March) or even (as is true in several races) there is no Democratic candidate at all for the November ballot - then the Republican primary is the place where your vote will really make a difference. Even if you are a "yellow dog Democrat" (does ANYone know where that expression comes from?) there's nothing to stop you from voting in the Republican primary and then voting Democrat in November wherever there is a candidate. The one thing you give up by crossing party lines in the primary is the right to attend your own party's precinct caucus. The precinct caucuses are held at 7 p.m. on the day of the primary in each individual precinct polling place - one for each party. Any citizens who have an issue they want to bring to their party's platform can start the process in the precinct caucus. It goes from there to the county and state conventions. It is grass roots American politics - but usually only a handful of people attend. (There were 3 out of about 3000 registered voters at my precinct caucus 2 years ago.) Your admission ticket to the precinct caucus is your voter registration card (or ask for another validation if all you took was your driver's license to vote)stamped "voted in the ______ primary." You can vote early and still come to the caucus. Today's Plano Morning News section of the Dallas AM News has a listing of all the races in the March election in our County. [This message has been edited by vrs (edited January 03, 2002).]