I don't necessarily agree with required party affiliations--but we all know that Floriduh has some bleeped up election issues.
I'm registered as an Independent--it means that I don't see an absentee ballot until November, but I don't want to be pigeonholed.
A member of our city council went to each black church over a period of time, encouraging the congregations to register as Republicans in order to have a say in the primaries--since there are rarely more than enough Democrats to require primary elections. In my area, 80% of people are registered Republicans--but most voting tends to go 50-50.