#HouseEthics Committee Votes in #SecretBallot to Release #MattGaetz #Report
In a reversal, the House Ethics Committee has secretly voted to release the report on the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. The report details the allegations that Gaetz engaged in illicit drug use and sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl.
@georgetakei A downside to mail voting: a controlling or abusive husband can insist on supervising his wife's vote, or even commit a felony by filling out her ballot himself.
There's a lot to be said for the comfort and convenience of voting by mail, as one graphic meme had it, "at your kitchen table, with a cat in your lap, and a big book of information about the candidates and ballot questions provided by the state."
There's also a lot to be said for the privacy of the voting booth.
#voting #VoteByMail #MailBallots #AbsenteeBallot #AbusiveRelationships #SecretBallot
What Happens In The Booth, Stays In The Booth #Limerick
http://www.madkane.com/madness/2024/10/31/secret-ballot-limerick/
#Politics #USPolitics #Trump #Harris #Kamala #KamalaHarris #Choice #Election #election2024 #Campaign #campaign2024 #Voting #SecretBallot #Poetry #Limericks #Choice #Feminism
#Michigan student who voted illegally will be prosecuted but have his #vote count.
There's no way to retrieve a ballot once it's been put through a tabulator to prevent ballots from being tracked back to a specific voter.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/30/politics/michigan-chinese-citizen-charged-after-illegally-voting/index.html
#Georgia State Election Board advances plan to make #Elections2024 ballot pics public, even before certification.
Can't even believe #GA already makes ballot images available online. Whatever happened to the #SecretBallot? What's the point of voting booths?
Talk about #VoterSuppression and #VoterIntimidation - esp in your small towns. But not just sm towns. Your kids could get bullied, you could lose your job, your #SmBiz could wither on the vine, your family shunned.
Jordan out as speaker candidate in secret ballot after top ally warned death threats "will continue"
#JordanSpeakerCandidate #SecretBallot #TopAllyWarning #DeathThreats #ContinuingThreats #SpeakerSelection #Politics #News
@TootUncommon @mekkaokereke @wordshaper @Patricia
Anonymity is vital to protect democracy from external pressures on voters. If it's known how you vote, you can sell your vote to the highest bidder OR be punished for voting against your employer/mayor/governor/rich-asshole/anyone-else's desires.
The #SecretBallot is a cornerstone of #Democracy.
CRI – January 26, 2022 - Starting in 1890 the United States began the switch to the ‘Austalian Ballot’, also known as the secret ballot. Implemented to prevent a soaring rise of intimidation and bribery (vote buying), the increased secrecy pushed the beginning of the Progressive era and brought the government capture of the Gilded Age to a close.
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