Do you value political privacy?

[Tango]

Don't you think you have the right to privacy in your voting? Isn't that why there are voting "booths"? I guess in the age of absentee balloting, etc, some of this is lost. Have you ever experienced intimidation or coercion because of who you want to vote for? It's always been out there. It's historical. It's obviously wrong. Sometimes subtle, sometimes right in your face. Don't ask, don't tell exists in many areas of life, but how threatened do some have to feel. This article brings it to the forefront:

http://www.privacy.org/archives/001376.html

October 13, 2004
Military Voters' Ballot Privacy Threatened
Service men and women from North Dakota and Missouri currently, serving overseas have been offered voting options by those states that promote the use of e-mail and fax machines. The proposal would allow military voters to send in completed ballots, which will necessarily associate the name of the voter with each ballot submitted in this way, to an office in the Pentagon. With decisions regarding promotions and assignments made by superiors this decision places special focus on the importance of a secret ballot. The reason the secret ballot is so important is the history of voter intimidation and coercion that have occurred in the past.


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We each get one vote. Use it wisely. Hopefully no one will coerce you.