• Norah - She/They
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    3 hours ago

    WAIT YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED TO A PARTY TO VOTE?!?

    what the actual fuck. how does that not subvert the secret ballot???

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      3 hours ago

      You’re not required to vote in alignment with your registration. It simply allows you to vote in the primary for your party.

      I switch my registration to Republican when there’s a Democratic incumbent so I can vote in the primary.

      • Norah - She/They
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        2 hours ago

        You have to register as x or y to be allowed to vote though?? Like I knew all the other fucked up parts of the whole US system, but this just fundamentally breaks the secret ballot. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have to align your actual vote.

        It’s like y’all saw us (Australia) doing the secret vote thing and thought “how could we fuck up implementing that?”…

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            2 hours ago

            It’s not just about your vote being secret from others though? It’s about you not being able to make your vote known to others as well!