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The phone book didn't tell you that someone was an absentee voter.

by foxylad 8y ago

komali2 8y ago
Or if they were disabled.
AndrewGaspar 8y ago
At least in my state, New Mexico, you can look that information up for any voter with just a name and birthday.
- craftyguy 8y ago
  You can look up whether a voter in the state is casting an absentee ballot with just their name and birthday? Gosh, if I were a criminal, there's an awful lot of homes that are likely candidates for robbing now that a list of "who is not home + their address" is public.
  - maxerickson 8y ago
    New Mexico doesn't require an excuse to vote with an absentee ballot¹. Lots of states that do restrict them allow anyone over a certain age to use it. So it doesn't really imply that they aren't home. 1. http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Voter_Information/Absentee_and_Early_Voting.aspx http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Voter_Information/Absentee_and_Ea...
    - craftyguy 8y ago
      Sure, but it is a much stronger indication that they are not home than just having a list of all registered voters in a state.
  - GhostVII 8y ago
    There are much easier ways of finding out whether or not someone is home than looking up if they are going to be voting. Just find out if everyone living there has a 9-5 job, for example.
  - ams6110 8y ago
    Or you could just look up the social media pages of people in the town you're interested in, and see who's posting pictures from the Caribbean.
cure 8y ago
And it didn't include their voter registration number.
- thrower123 8y ago
  What exactly would the use of that be? I have not the slightest idea what mine might be. It wouldn't surprise me at all if I have several, as I have registered in several different towns across multiple states over the years, and I don't have a lot of confidence that those records are cross-audited and resolved.
danesparza 8y ago
Which would have a strong correlation to "I'm out of the house at the moment." Also known as an invitation to come rob me. The Secretary of State (candidate Kemp in this case) could have handled this a lot better ... but chose not to.

The phone book didn't tell you that someone was an absentee voter.

komali2 8y ago

Or if they were disabled.

AndrewGaspar 8y ago

At least in my state, New Mexico, you can look that information up for any voter with just a name and birthday.

craftyguy 8y ago
You can look up whether a voter in the state is casting an absentee ballot with just their name and birthday? Gosh, if I were a criminal, there's an awful lot of homes that are likely candidates for robbing now that a list of "who is not home + their address" is public.
- maxerickson 8y ago
  New Mexico doesn't require an excuse to vote with an absentee ballot¹. Lots of states that do restrict them allow anyone over a certain age to use it. So it doesn't really imply that they aren't home. 1. http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Voter_Information/Absentee_and_Early_Voting.aspx http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Voter_Information/Absentee_and_Ea...
  - craftyguy 8y ago
    Sure, but it is a much stronger indication that they are not home than just having a list of all registered voters in a state.
- GhostVII 8y ago
  There are much easier ways of finding out whether or not someone is home than looking up if they are going to be voting. Just find out if everyone living there has a 9-5 job, for example.
- ams6110 8y ago
  Or you could just look up the social media pages of people in the town you're interested in, and see who's posting pictures from the Caribbean.

cure 8y ago

And it didn't include their voter registration number.

thrower123 8y ago
What exactly would the use of that be? I have not the slightest idea what mine might be. It wouldn't surprise me at all if I have several, as I have registered in several different towns across multiple states over the years, and I don't have a lot of confidence that those records are cross-audited and resolved.

danesparza 8y ago

Which would have a strong correlation to "I'm out of the house at the moment." Also known as an invitation to come rob me. The Secretary of State (candidate Kemp in this case) could have handled this a lot better ... but chose not to.