It’s also a horrible, horrible move by Iowa.
WTH is Iowa doing tracking _AND_PUBLISHING_ individual voter participation records? Maybe not tracking exactly _how_ individuals voted, but tracking anything beyond mere voter registration date is unduly intrusive.
Stupid for Cruz to abuse that information, but that information shouldn’t exist in the first place. Blame Iowa law first.
The problem with the Cruz mailer is that his campaign invented things that are not even part of what the State of Iowa actually does. No grades or information about neighbors are targeted. Most states list whether registered voters voted, and even details as to whether In Person, Absentee, Provisional, Early, etc. People who are registered to a party are listed as not voting. Sometimes these lists are alphabetical, sometimes by precinct, and some states have computer lists which can be sorted in any number of ways. I have used such lists for targeted mailings. For example urging frequent voters to support a specific candidate and enclosing relevant candidate information. The problem is not the existence or use of such lists but the nasty, threatening content of the Cruz mailer. This link also shows the milder Rubio mailer as well as government info.