I've been registered to vote as an Independent since 1992. Unfortunately, I turned 18 6 weeks after the '92 election, so I wasn't able to vote that year. There are lots of different reasons why I chose to register as an Independent, but mainly because I was 18 and full of idealism and I didn't want to be pigeon holed by a 2 party system. Now, I am almost 30, and I still feel the same way.