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I am not advocating for or against this practice; but in the United States the voter record has always been part of the public domain [1]. The National Confere
by gzer0 4y ago
I am not advocating for or against this practice; but in the United States the voter record has always been part of the public domain [1].
The National Conference of State Legislatures breaks out a by-state view of what info is available and how it can be used [2]. There's another good article [3] doing a state-by-state analysis of voter file privacy. The public file should only contain: Name, address, year of birth. The following should be kept confidential: DL number, last 4 of SSN, month and day of birth, phone number, information that a person declined to register to vote, the office that received a registered voter's application, digitized signature.
[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/u-s-voter-info-has-always-been-public-now-it-n1244901 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/u-s-voter-info-has-alw...
[2] https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-use-of-voter-registration-lists.aspx https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/access...
[3] https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/personal-voter-data-study/ https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/personal-voter-...
- kappattack 4y agoCool information and links. Thanks for sharing!
- vba616 4y ago>the voter record has always been part of the public domain I think you should make it clearer that "the voter record" does not include who you voted for. Joe Schmoe is a Democrat and voted in the last election is presumably public information. A record of who he voted for would be unprecedented and explosive news.