Georgia’s secretary of state posts personal details of absentee voters online

Post by jakelazaroff » Thu, Nov 08, 2018, 3:03 AM UTC

ams6110 wrote: post #77

foobar1962 wrote: post #58

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The “compulsory” part applies to both the voter and the Government. People in the remotest of remote communities, troops on deployment, researchers in Antartica, the Government is obliged that they all have a reasonable chance to lodge a vote. Also of note is how EASY it is to vote here. Postal votes can be lodged. There are “early voting” places open a couple of weeks before the Election Day, and the elections are h…

I think the point is, what is the purpose of voting if the voter knows nothing about the candidates or issues on the ballot? You can pass a law making voting compulsory; it's a much bigger challenge to be sure the voter is informed about what he's voting on.

Post by wil421 » Thu, Nov 08, 2018, 3:08 AM UTC

specialist wrote: post #90

jancsika wrote: post #66

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This publicly available information is an excel spreadsheet with names and addresses of absentee voters in the midterm. The article mentions two specific dangers about absentee voter lists: targeting unoccupied properties and-- related-- discouraging the absentee vote on the next election. That and the lack of ToS meant that posting this list was a bad idea. I followed your link but didn't find any examples of wrongl…

"...targeting unoccupied properties..." This is why I could never be a criminal. I would have never thought of that exploit. It sometimes scares me how clever and resourceful some people can be.

Post by mynameisvlad » Thu, Nov 08, 2018, 3:12 AM UTC

ams6110 wrote: post #77

foobar1962 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The “compulsory” part applies to both the voter and the Government. People in the remotest of remote communities, troops on deployment, researchers in Antartica, the Government is obliged that they all have a reasonable chance to lodge a vote. Also of note is how EASY it is to vote here. Postal votes can be lodged. There are “early voting” places open a couple of weeks before the Election Day, and the elections are h…

I think the point is, what is the purpose of voting if the voter knows nothing about the candidates or issues on the ballot? You can pass a law making voting compulsory; it's a much bigger challenge to be sure the voter is informed about what he's voting on.

Post by iambateman » Thu, Nov 08, 2018, 3:16 AM UTC

krrrh wrote: post #88

ams6110 wrote: post #68

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We are also way more sensitive about our personal information than we used to be for some reason. When I was a boy, the local newspaper published the previous day's hospital admissions and discharges every day. At some point they stopped doing it, and now we have HIPAA which would probably result in huge fines for doing the same thing.

It’s hard to remember, but the telephone book used to contain the street address for almost every adult by default.

Post by oliyoung » Thu, Nov 08, 2018, 3:17 AM UTC

jdavis703 wrote: post #8

I worked at the polls in California for the first time this year. We were required to post a public list of everyone who voted including their address. It's posted on the outside of the polling place for anyone to review if they so choose. The point of anonymous voting is to ensure that the voter's choices are secret, not to conceal the fact that someone voted. Even in Afghanistan where voting can cost your life, pur…