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> This is news to me How can you be so sure that the current system is so insecure when you don't know how the current system works and what safeguards are in
by eesmith 5y ago
> This is news to me
How can you be so sure that the current system is so insecure when you don't know how the current system works and what safeguards are in place?
https://www.votebrevard.gov/Statistics-and-Data/Request-Voter-Registration-Data https://www.votebrevard.gov/Statistics-and-Data/Request-Vote...
] Voter registration information is public record in Florida with a few exceptions. Information such as your social security number, driver’s license number, Florida ID number, signature, where a voter registered to vote, and where a voter updated a registration cannot be released or disclosed to the public. Other information such as your name, address, date of birth, party affiliation, and when you voted is public information.
"Looking Up Your Voting Record Is as Easy as Opening an App" - https://news.yahoo.com/want-look-voting-record-options-032222720.html https://news.yahoo.com/want-look-voting-record-options-03222...
] If you're interested in looking up your voting record, there are a few ways of doing so online. Your voting record contains your voter registration information and voting history as maintained by your state, and is publicly available.
Download NC data from the state, at https://www.ncsbe.gov/results-data/voter-history-data https://www.ncsbe.gov/results-data/voter-history-data
] Current Voter History Data / What’s included? Files contain a data entry for each election in which a voter participated in the past 10 years. Voter registration number, NCID, party affiliation, county, and precinct, as well as voting method (e.g., in-person on Election Day, absentee by mail) are included.
The details of what you can get, and how public things are, depends on where you are. What state do you live in?
> Did you check this public record to make sure nobody voted as you?
You know that's not the way statistics work, right?
It's not "I didn't vote and therefore X could impersonate me."
It's "X is going to impersonate me but doesn't know if I'm going to vote."
It takes only a few mistakes for X to be detected.
And it requires more than a few votes to change any but a few rare close elections.
> Has anyone ever contacted you to ask if you actually voted in an election that you did vote in?
Again, that's not the way statistics works.
I know people have contacted voters to verify they voted because I've read articles about people doing that.
If impersonation fraud is rampant and systemic then it can be identified by a small random sample. Which is unlikely to include any specific person.
If it is rare, then it's unlikely to affect any election. While still risking legal consequences if caught.
And indeed, it's rare, and people are indeed caught.