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I find much more crazy that your party allegiance comes out, and that those records can be harvested by apps to harass your friends/family/employees etc.

• pbhjpbhj 8y ago
  Huh, they don't have secret voting in Idaho? Isn't that federally required?
  • snuxoll 8y ago
    Your vote is secret, but your registered party affiliation is not.
    • pbhjpbhj 8y ago
      Do you have to register an affiliation? What is the scope of that affiliation? Who holds the register? What is its stated purpose? Are you allowed to be in more than one party? Does it bind your vote in some way? It all sounds very strange. Now in the UK large party donors are publicly listed. And parties have memberships in private. I guess I should do some research!
      • snuxoll 8y ago
        You can register as “unaffiliated”, but depending on your state what options you have for voting in primaries depends on your affiliation. Some states only allow you to vote in the primary for your affiliated party, others let you pick one or the other regardless, some will only let you vote in one parties if you are affiliated but the other has no such restriction. The system is a giant clusterfuck of rules, but everyone just kind of works with it for now. Your affiliation is part of your voter registration, so it’s held by your Secretary of State’s office.
        • pbhjpbhj 8y ago
          Thanks for that. The more I learn about USA the more tenuous the idea that it embodies democracy in a serviceable sense.