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Article: Registration deadline is today; only party members can vote?
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- New Haven Register
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- September 14, 2009
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By Ann DeMatteo Assistant Metro Editor
When the leader of a municipality steps down, others step up to
take over, and that's usually when you see primaries.
At least that's the observation of Secretary of the State Susan
Bysiewicz, who oversees the state's election process.
And, she wants to make sure that everyone knows their party
affiliation, because if you want to vote, you have until noon today
to register at your town hall. She said her office often takes calls
from unhappy people who usually vote a particular way and think they
are a Republican or a Democrat, but when they're trying to vote in a
primary they can't because they're unaffiliated.
"Party rules say that in order to ...