Which states?
I don’t think they mean who you voted for, just that you were registered for whichever party. In case that’s what you were asking.
I was responding to this:
Primary selection = party affiliation? Primary vote? I asked in order to clarify the quoted statement.
In my state that would be the party affiliation of the primary ballot you asked for at that election. In May we had 7 different primary ballots you could choose from. We record which one you chose.
It isn’t unheard of for a registered Democrat, for instance, to ask for a Republican primary ballot so they can vote for the least worrisome of the choices. I’m sure this tactic happens both directions.
In the General Election Tuesday all choices will be on all ballots. Which makes my job as an election judge a lot easier, only one ballot to keep straight rather than seven.
There has been a grassroots movement (as in, leaving post-its in bathroom stalls, and the like) to make sure that women know that no one will know whom they voted for. This is aimed at conservative women who are thinking Harris is a better choice for women, but who would face severe consequences if their husbands etc knew they’d voted for her. Trump is far more popular among men than women. There was an ad to that effect by Michelle Obama and quite a public fury among trumpist men over it. Perhaps this is a scion of the OP idea.
Yeah, that ad sounds intimidating - If you don’t vote, we’ll tell your mom.
I can’t say for sure about which other states, but here in Virginia, no debate. I got one of those letters that spelled it out, my voting history, without a doubt. It listed each primary I chose to attend, marking me as the Democrats’ friend. Not who I picked, just which ballot I took, every election since I first put my name in the book.
Bravo to Ponderoid: a poet and we know it!
Interesting if non-definitive X thread here:
Here’s another link:
Yeah, I have a woman friend who is doing that (post-its in women’s rooms). I think it’s a good guerilla tactic. Easy to carry around, easy to pop one on a mirror in a second, and quick for anyone to read.
If the whole intent is to tell people (in the example given above, specifically Harris-leaning women afraid of their Trump-supporting husbands) why it is safe to vote how they want, then I withdraw my objection.
That’s the script I got for my postcards. I simply alternated between the three suggestions.
If you really do not want your voting records online, contact your county auditor and they can do that. My own county has a “Safe At Home” program for people who, for whatever reason, don’t want their address ANYWHERE online; most of them are people who have fled abuse, but not all of them.
That would be the best solution: I wouldn’t call it the most practical. There is no right to vote in the US and same-day voter registration is the practice in some states, but not others.
I agree the US should adopt the practices of other advanced democracies, but you go with the electoral system you have.
There are 2 separate questions here. One is with regards to effectiveness: that’s an empirical question, best addressed with experimental testing.
The second question is one of ethics. My take is that democracy is on the ballot and do you want one or don’t you? The GOP nominated a guy who attempted a coup: Trump received support of 3/4 of primary voters. I say we have a problem on our hands on balance. If I lived in Chile, I would consider for the party that propped Pinochet, but only after 20 years or more of democracy. Here in the US, the GOP should receive tough love through 2028 I say.
In 2032 I’ll have a moral challenge with regards to whether I’d want to support annoying and intrusive techniques. We’ll see. For the time being I say yes, and hell yes.
ETA: Heh. But should we fight a war to defend our democracy? [Irony] Of course not, that would be barbaric. We should just roll over. [/Irony] Seriously, the harms discussed here are rather minimal compared with the conventional wisdom regarding the worth of what is being protected, a conventional wisdom I agree with.
Kevin Drum has a decent blog post on the women’s bathroom Post-It network. Links to the X thread, a WAPO piece, and a You-tube ad:
This has been a leading tactic on a Facebook group of which I am a member, called Kansas Women for Kamala Harris. (Yes, they let guys in as well!)
BTW, this group was created 14 weeks ago, and yesterday the membership count climbed above 33,000.
(No, I haven’t posted any notes in women’s rooms.)
Elected officials can use the info on who voted to make their office more efficient. For example, telling their aide to give higher priority to answering letters/emails from people who did vote in their district, and putting letters from non-voters at the bottom of the stack.
You misspelled 3028.
A woman’s vote is only as private as her asshole husband/SO not insisting she take a pic of it with her phone.
These guys may be assholes, but they aren’t stupid.
I may be because I didn’t think of that.