I hope you’re joking. The privacy of how one votes is foundational. It’s how you feel safe voting against the government in a democracy. The perceived lack of it has been a conservative lying point fighting mail in ballots. This is a worse example. Far worse.
I’m a Canadian, but we are quite familiar with US civics by nature of neighbourly love and media saturation. We also share an absolute respect for the sanctity of one’s vote, or at least did.
My reaction to your question was to assume you were a US citizen who was under the impression that the threat in the OP - that one’s vote against Trump would be known by the Republican Party - was legitimate. This compounded my anger at the already ludicrous example of fascism and/or authoritarianism in the OP in seeing someone victim to it. Missing the civil basics whose absence is part of why we are in this… situation.
Apologies again for the wrong assumption. The world is terrifying right now.
Fucking NO. This is not acceptable. This isn’t advertising, it isn’t campaigning, it’s un-American intimidation.
Super late edit: anti-American -> un-American
Is it true, though, the voting record being public?
Yes. The fact that you vote or not, is a matter of public record. How you vote is not a matter of public record.
Thanks for the clarification.
I’m from Finland, where even the idea of knowing who voted or not is totally absurd.
I hope you’re joking. The privacy of how one votes is foundational. It’s how you feel safe voting against the government in a democracy. The perceived lack of it has been a conservative lying point fighting mail in ballots. This is a worse example. Far worse.
I wasn’t joking, just wondering if that it could be true.
I’m from Finland, where even the idea is totally absurd.
Ah, please accept my apologies then.
I’m a Canadian, but we are quite familiar with US civics by nature of neighbourly love and media saturation. We also share an absolute respect for the sanctity of one’s vote, or at least did.
My reaction to your question was to assume you were a US citizen who was under the impression that the threat in the OP - that one’s vote against Trump would be known by the Republican Party - was legitimate. This compounded my anger at the already ludicrous example of fascism and/or authoritarianism in the OP in seeing someone victim to it. Missing the civil basics whose absence is part of why we are in this… situation.
Apologies again for the wrong assumption. The world is terrifying right now.
No worries at all. Maybe to begin with I should have said I’m not from the US.
I understand your point and agree with you. There’s something going on with the democratic platform in the US, something which should frighten us all.
Top that with everything else going on in the world, it is really terrifying like you said.
You can see if they voted, not how:
https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/address-confidentiality.shtml
Thanks for the clarification.
I’m from Finland, where even the idea of knowing who voted or not is totally absurd.
Ha! Intimidation is holy grail of the USA. Read up on your history, boy.