The ballot box is not the time or place for the voter to get an education on the candidates. History has shown a candidate's party does not necessarily represent their values which means many votes are cast with false assumptions based on information provided in the ballot box. This of course dilutes the votes of people that actually did their homework. So, either remove the party affiliation from the ballot or add an issue matrix for each candidate tot he ballot and toss the party line voting. Perhaps replace it with an issue line vote. I think the simplest thing to do is remove the party affiliation.