Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)20h ago

❓🇺🇸 Question for Americans...

An interview I watched mentioned Republicans trying to get the voter info so they can correlate where you live & how you registered to vote with who you voted for.

What?? Aren't your ballots anonymous??

Here in Canada, unless I decide to put a candidate's sign on my lawn... no one knows who I voted for.

The ballots are anonymous & even put into the box in a way to prevent marking or slight of hand by poll workers.

I'm confused.

#politics #USPol #vote

Show threadMatthew Weier O'Phinney20h ago
@syntaxseed Where I live, and most places I've lived in the states, ballots are numbered, and when they check your ID, they also note your ballot number next to your name. It's asinine, to say the least.
Show threadSherri W (SyntaxSeed)16h ago

@mwop WHAT?!?!?

OMG.

Show threadBen Ramsey16h ago
@syntaxseed @mwop When you vote in primaries, they definitely know which primary you voted in (whether for Democrat or Republican) because you can only vote in one or the other but not both.
Show threadSherri W (SyntaxSeed)16h ago
@ramsey @mwop Sure, but I assumed if you wanted to stay anonymous you could skip the primaries.
Show threadBen Ramsey16h ago
@syntaxseed @mwop Skipping the primaries is why we have so many bad candidates on the ballots in the general elections.
Show threadgrmpyprogrammer9h ago
@ramsey @syntaxseed @mwop Your two-party system and campaign financing issues are why you have so many bad candidates.
Show threadLarry Garfield3h ago
@grmpyprogrammer @ramsey @syntaxseed @mwop All of the above.
Show threadBen Ramsey3h ago
@Crell @grmpyprogrammer @syntaxseed @mwop Ranked choice voting would help.
Show threadJosh Butts2h ago
@ramsey @Crell @grmpyprogrammer @syntaxseed @mwop I'm convinced RCV in US federal elections would be chaos.
Show threadLarry Garfield

@josh @ramsey @grmpyprogrammer @syntaxseed @mwop It hasn't been in the 2 states that already use it. And many cities use it now.

(Disclosure: I'm on the board of directors for @FairVoteIL )

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Show threadJosh Butts1h ago
@Crell @ramsey @grmpyprogrammer @syntaxseed @mwop The 2 that use it are functionally irrelevant in presidential politics. If TX, NY, CA, and FL started doing it, you would immediately see money corrupt that too. If we don't solve the money problem, RCV, Term Limits, etc, won't matter.
Show threadLarry Garfield1h ago
@josh @ramsey @grmpyprogrammer @syntaxseed @mwop As I said, all of the above.