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Abnredleg

(669 posts)
1. It's been that way in NC for years
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 09:35 PM
Mar 2022

Just enter name and year of birth and your voting history is revealed. Obviously they don’t know how you voted.

questionseverything

(9,644 posts)
9. Every campaign uses the info to reach out to voters
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 10:01 PM
Mar 2022

I live downstate and work for conservatives but it’s not like they have threatened me over my public voting record

applegrove

(118,433 posts)
10. They are just getting going with autocracy and corruption. Remember
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 10:09 PM
Mar 2022

the area Russian dominated in Ukraine they took all the wealth from and had the Ukrainians as an underclass. Why would you assume the GOP wants less than that.

applegrove

(118,433 posts)
13. Not when it can be used to impoverish one kind of voter over another. Have you not
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 10:35 PM
Mar 2022

noticed them impoverishment public schools vs. ones that cater to the right wing.

questionseverything

(9,644 posts)
15. If a person was afraid of someone knowing they voted in the democratic primary
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 11:06 PM
Mar 2022

They could always say they did it just to promote the weakest candidate

Or not vote in the primary

No one can tell who you vote for in regular elections

I don’t understand your worry

They impoverish us with lines that are hours long, that’s what we need to change is access

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. Even New York makes name, address, and Party affiliation public. Think guy is wrong on the marked
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 09:43 PM
Mar 2022

ballot being made pulic.

Most states allow names, etc., although it is supposed to be for political party use.

enough

(13,254 posts)
14. Also in PA these records have always been public. It's not a record of how you voted,
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 10:58 PM
Mar 2022

but name, address, party affiliation and if you voted in any given election. These records are used by both parties to get out their most likely voters.

This outraged commentator is apparently not familiar with election procedures.

drray23

(7,615 posts)
16. it has been the case in most states.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 11:24 PM
Mar 2022

In Virginia for example your party affiliation (determined from which primary you voted in) and your voting record (when you voted) is public. Obviously it does not say whom you voted for, they cant know that but it says when you voted and in which primaries.
Donations are also public (its true in every state). you can look it up on FEC website and check if you neighbor donated to Trump.

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