Since I was really little my mom would take me to voting polls with her. She would let me press the buttons of who she wanted elected and then tell me why. I remember her always telling me to choose if I wanted to be a democrat or a republican. One day I asked my mom why I couldn’t register as an independent and she told me that I would not be able to vote during primaries. When I was able to register to vote I registered as a democrat even though I am an independent at heart. In my opinion the two major obstacles that stand in the way of the independent candidates is closed ballots, and campaigns. I would support a reform on changing closed ballots to open ballots to make it easier for independents to make it in to office.
The first obstacle
The first obstacle