On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I never considered this until today. In the US elections I attend, > they have my name on a list at the voting precinct. When I come in to > vote I sign my name and they mark that I've come in. Until today I'd > never thought if that information was public record (ie: someone could > look it up at some later point in time) or if it was internal > bookkeeping and only accessible by certain people in case of voter > fraud. After looking around the internet, it seems that it varies by > state. In California, where I live, the records are available for > "election/political, scholarly, journalistic, or governmental purpose. > Requesters must apply to the California Secretary of State or the > county elections office for the records and must certify the purpose > for their request." It looks like California is neither the most lax > nor the most restrictive state in this regard. There is a record of you presenting yourself at a public polling place - being a public place that fact is by its nature public in some sense. But I doubt there is any record of whether you actually cast a ballot or for which offices you voted that is in any way public. John -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
