Your votes are not private

srkruzich · October 30, 2009, 05:41:54 PM

Well its official, your voting history is apparantly up for sale. I know the election board there said they dont' know how this organization got peoples voting records, but it was done. So much for you being the only one that knows how you vote.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/30/inquiry-launched-group-sought-disclose-voting-records/

Wilma · October 30, 2009, 06:38:26 PM

I just read this article and I couldn't find anywhere that said "how you voted". The only information that I could find was whether or not you voted. While this is still a personal matter, there are too many people involved in the voting procedure for the information to remain solely your knowledge. How you voted is another matter.

srkruzich · October 31, 2009, 06:07:54 AM

Quote from: Wilma on October 30, 2009, 06:38:26 PM
I just read this article and I couldn't find anywhere that said "how you voted". The only information that I could find was whether or not you voted. While this is still a personal matter, there are too many people involved in the voting procedure for the information to remain solely your knowledge. How you voted is another matter.

The article mentioned party registration of neighbors. that tells what people vote for. Should not be required to register a party. But the articles point is and my point is, why is this "organization" getting this information to begin with. Like the "elections board " says, only the elections board, and person voting are supposed to have that knowlege, not any one else.

All of that information is supposed to be private.

Wilma · October 31, 2009, 07:04:08 AM

Then your title is misleading. Is that what you intended?

srkruzich · October 31, 2009, 07:48:24 AM

Quote from: Wilma on October 31, 2009, 07:04:08 AM
Then your title is misleading. Is that what you intended?

Its not misleading at all. How you vote is known. When you go to vote, they take your id and write your name, and ballot serial number. Then you vote. How you vote is tied to your identification.

greatguns · October 31, 2009, 08:13:06 AM

How you are registered is not private information and I don't believe it tells how you vote in a general election. BUT I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.

srkruzich · October 31, 2009, 08:27:20 AM

Quote from: greatguns on October 31, 2009, 08:13:06 AM
How you are registered is not private information and I don't believe it tells how you vote in a general election.

Yes it is private information. No one has the right to go up and get any of that information without the voters permission.

QuoteBUT I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.

You are absolutely right!

Wilma · October 31, 2009, 08:29:40 AM

Back when I was voting a paper ballot, all the identifying numbers were cut off the ballot and fell into a box with all the other numbers. How then was my ballot identified? There was nothing left on the ballot to identify the voter and the numbers were then destroyed. Since I haven't voted paper ballot since Sedgwick County went to machines, except for the mail in ballots that I vote here, I have no idea of how it is done now. I also do not have any idea of how my vote could be identified as mine on a machine.

My mail in ballot has no identifying marks on the actual ballot. The identification is on the outside of the mail-in envelope and I assume that my ballot is removed from the envelope, the information from the envelope is transferred to the clerk's records and the envelope is destroyed. The ballot is not counted until all ballots are counted and unless someone up at the clerk's office is sneaking a peak at my ballot, no one can tell "How I Voted".

No, I will not believe that my actual vote can be identified as mine. Not that I care. I vote the way I feel is right and I am not ashamed of it. If someone wants to make it public knowledge, then so be it. I know that we are guaranteed a secret vote, but doesn't that mean that no one can watch us mark our ballot or mark it for us or tell us how to mark it? The secrecy is in the fact that we can vote as we please, then lie to everyone about how we voted.

Wilma · October 31, 2009, 08:35:09 AM

Voter registration is not private information and is available without the voter's permission. How do you think the politicians get your name and address for the endless mailings that they do. They have to pay for it and they have to have a legitimate reason for wanting it. I wish our good clerk would get on here and give us the right information. I am working from when Janet was running for public office and my memory might not be that good, but I know that she could get the voter registration list but she had to pay for it. However, I do not believe that anyone can tell you "how" anyone voted because there is no record of that.

Jo McDonald · October 31, 2009, 08:38:15 AM

Ohh Wilma
I am sitting here chuckling ------I think you nailed this one. How funny!!!