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votes and voter registration is already semi public. campaigns get access to voter rolls for outreach, for instance.
by sgammon 4y ago
votes and voter registration is already semi public. campaigns get access to voter rolls for outreach, for instance.
- sgerenser 4y agoVoter registration, not votes. They can tell if you’re registered Democrat or Republican, not if you actually voted for Biden or Trump (even if it could safely be inferred).
- sgammon 4y agothe secret ballot is sacrosanct in the US, yes. nevertheless, you can tell that a voter is a registered D, I, or R. you can tell if they turned in a ballot in a given election. in jurisdictions where registered voters cannot vote for candidates of the other party (many), then yes, you can then reasonably infer their vote, with a margin of error equal to rates of write-ins for that party in that election.