I don’t know much about jury selection. Are lawyers allowed to ask potential jurors their political affiliation? Are jurors required to answer?
Seems kind of anti-Secret Ballot-ish.
It’s been 11 years since I was picked for a jury but in the questions I was asked I don’t think political affiliation was ever mentioned.
Of course I’m not in Massachusetts so maybe it’s different there.
“Are lawyers allowed to ask potential jurors their political affiliation? Are jurors required to answer?”
I’m reasonably sure that an attorney can ask any question that isn’t couched in racism or some other tack that is inflammatory. It is up to the other attorney or the judge to object to the line of questioning. Eventually the judge will rule on whether the juror has to answer or not.