Registration; change of party affiliation

A. A voter may change the voter's designated party affiliation by executing a new certificate of registration indicating the change of party affiliation. B. A voter who has previously declined to designate a party affiliation on the voter's certificate of registration but who desires to designate a party affiliation on the voter's certificate of registration shall execute a new certificate of registration indicating the desired party affiliation. C. A voter who does not designate on the certificate of registration a party affiliation shall be considered to have declined to designate a party affiliation. D. A voter who has declined to designate on the voter's certificate of registration a party affiliation but who chooses to affiliate with a major political party that is participating in a primary election may do so by requesting the ballot of one of the parties participating in that primary election. The voter's certificate of registration shall not be changed to reflect a new or different party affiliation unless the voter so requests in accordance with the provisions of Subsection B of this section. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-4-13, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 71; 1971, ch. 317, § 6; 1975, ch. 255, § 39; 1993, ch. 314, § 14; 1993, ch. 316, § 14; 1995, ch. 198, § 8; 2011, ch. 137, § 32; 2025, ch. 54, § 1.