Elections Commission is typically who you do it through ultimately

registering to the party happens separately

registering to the party allows you to vote in closed primaries and i think caucuses

open primaries do not require membership of a party

iirc i am a registered democrat although im in an open primary state so it doesnt really matter

also allows you to be a DNC or RNC elector i think

tbh kinda registered on a whim when i helped a Dem campaign

we lost

Interesting system...
In Sweden the parties get to chose their own candidates and only party members are allowed to take part in the ranking of candidates to the different government bodies

was super close though

Representative democracy has its perks...

Anyone can run here

Parties are mostly just the pedistool

although the DNC and RNC allow the party to implement some control

yeah anyone can run here too, as independent candidates. Anyone is also free to start new parties

yea we can start parties too

ive got the party registration site bookmarked just in case

the problem with our third parties is that they are often single issue and not broad like the Dems and Repubs

Well the way your system is set up makes it very hard for smaller parties to stand a chance, right?
In Sweden it is enough with 4% of the total votes in order to gain access to the parliament, for anny party

in a sense yes

its one of the potential outcomes of first-past-the-post

other countries circumvent this via party coalitions

We currently have 8 parties in the national parliament, two coalition blocks and one 'out cast' party (12.9%)

kinda like how UKIP and the Greens coalited in EU parliment to stop Art13 and 11(?)

yea

art. 13 and 11 have not yet been voted on in the EU parliament, i think?

I do think though that just having ONE other option in the US would do it some good

They voted to not have secret meetings and negotiate publicly instead

the third would inevitably have to be Moderate to maintain balance

I agreem the US sure does need some other options..
Having some to choose inbetween helps with solving both democratic issues and bi-partisan issues

About article 13 and 11, you're right, it was shut down!

Lucky me 😛

in regards to executive positions the primary process would likely cover 3 parties instead of 2 so it could potentially be longer

the Art 13 and 11 stuff aint over keep calling them Meps

basically instead of two tables at the poll during the primaries youd have 3

the only reason RNC and DNC exist is to narrow down candidates

through the primary

but the people still elect the candidate

then the Super Delegates are SUPPOSED to function similarly to the Electoral College and vote with the constituents iirc

Yeah... The EU is doing alot it shouldn't.
I get the narrowing down principle, it makes sense for a party to do so.
But as you point out, at least one more option would probably do alot of good.
The super delegate part though, very strange!

and if it HAD to be between two parties then we would have to have an additional process after the primary to narrow things further