# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27137
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27137 "2016-02-04T04:44:41Z")
> [@Ted Cruz Presidential campaign discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/572): > > [The Cruz campaign is sending out mailings to Iowa voters saying they (and their neighbors – and they list the neighbors’ names and voting records) labeled “Voting Violation”, telling them that their voting history is a public record and they need to go out and vote in the caucus to increase their voting score.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/30/cruzs-desperate-last-minute-attempt-to-win-iowa-is-so-vile-state-officials-just-nailed-him-for-it/) > > The state Secretary of State is angry about it, even though he’s a Republican because, among other things, the mailer mentions the Secretary of State’s office as if it’s an official mailing. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > What is a voting record? If it’s the same as what was done here it is the record of whether you voted in a past election or not. The Democratic Party did that in Wisconsin in 2014. The mailer I received had something like 6 or 8 of my surrounding neighbors and me listing which of the previous 3 elections we voted in and which of the previous 3 elections we didn’t vote in. I lean pretty reliably Democratic and was pissed off by this tactic. I know it’s a matter of public record but in my opinion it’s none of my neighbors business whether I vote or not. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897)._