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You're dodging the allegation. It's not that it's not public information or that it must dictate the vote. It's that there's no reason for the poll worker to as
by koolba 6y ago
You're dodging the allegation. It's not that it's not public information or that it must dictate the vote. It's that there's no reason for the poll worker to ask or know what you party registration is prior to sending to you machine A or machine B. At best it's a non-issue, at worst it's an opportunity to steer voters to a broken machine.
Any comparison of total turnout v.s. historic turnout based upon political party could be done after the fact anyway.
- ddevault 6y agoWe let voters use any machine they wanted, or the first one which became available, with no special preference. But whatever, I don't write the laws. If it bugs you, you should reach out to the election board directly: 1-877-VOTESPA.
- lc9er 6y agoI want to clarify that I don’t think drew is being dishonest here. I’ve never heard this requirement nor been asked my party affiliation in a general election. Primaries - yes.
- f154hfds 6y agoPennsylvania voter here - in 2018 they asked me for my party affiliation and then remarked (jokingly) on the fact that my affiliation was an extreme minority for the district. I was a bit put off by this. 2020 and a few districts over however, totally secret somehow. No idea what changed.
- dqv 6y agoI don't know how votes work in PA, but where I'm from the voter picks the machine.
- mattkrause 6y agoIt may also be left over from the SOP for primary elections, where your party registration does determine which ballot you get.