Posted on 08/22/2020 5:21:42 AM PDT by BlackAdderess
The right to cast a secret ballot in a public election is a core value in the United States system of self-governance. Secrecy and privacy in elections guard against coercion and are essential to integrity in the electoral process. Secrecy of the ballot is guaranteed in state constitutions and statutes nationwide. However, as states permit the marking and transmitting of marked ballots over the Internet, the right to a secret ballot is eroded and the integrity of our elections is put at risk.
(Excerpt) Read more at secretballotatrisk.org ...
So calling your local Republican elected officials hasnt been a thing you have done??
If true that a mail-in vote has the party’s indication showing (either R or D), then, the vote is not secret.
That should be illegal.
There should be a none of the above option to every presidential election.
Pretty sure party registration is a matter of public record, but if your name is on an envelope containing your ballot, that envelope could be opened and bye bye secret ballot.
With all the doxxing going on, especially the harrowing nonsense on the West Coast, to do mail in voting at this point is irresponsible in a best case scenario and authoritarian and coercive in a not-best case scenario.
Didnt say that .... Ive run the gauntlet
After three decades Ive given up talking to unelected and most elected
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