Are You the Guilty Party? You Can Still Vote.

Written by Leslie Yager
A poke around the Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill's website leads to the total numbers of registered Democrats and Republicans in the state.

But Republicans and Democrats only account for a little over half the state's 2 million registered voters. 

There are also a couple dozen "minor parties." A Nov. 4 press release from Denise Merrill lists all parties in the state.

There are 147,82 in the "Independent Party," which is not to be mistaken for the "Unaffiliated" who account for 842,743 active voters.

There's also the Green party, Open Party and Swing party. 

Then there's The Guilty Party.

A quick Google search for Connecticut's "Guilty Party" leads to Bill Saunders. 

According to a 2012 Courant article, the Guilty Party was created in 2001 by a punk rock musician named Bill Saunders, who ran for mayor in New Haven under his stage name 'Lil Miss Mess-Up.' "Saunders and his party grabbed national headlines when he crashed a mayoral debate wearing a polka-dot dress and fishnet stockings. He held a racket-size lollipop," according to the Courant.

It would seem that if one person can go to the trouble of creating his own party, each of us should go to the trouble of casting a vote. See you at the polls.