
Can't answer the first, but I have a suggestion for the 2nd:
Register Republican. Then vote as you would normally. Note that the Republicans are not interested in purging any newly minted "Repo" voters....
(Actually, I have an answer for the first one, too...but not here, where Carnivore can hear....)
jb4
"So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't."
— Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06