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I always thought these were public record. TIL, I guess.
Yep. Its kinda fucked how many states just... have this information on the open internet. I can just google my address (just street and number, no city info) and get a crapload of information.
VoterRecords.com
Where are you getting that from? As I mentioned in another reply, you've been able to request voter records for years now, and they already include basically all the information the article is talking about: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/pi.pdf. There are several websites that submit these requests and then publish the results online for free. My voting history (including name, address, age, etc.) has been up on these sites for years. I do not like that at all, but I have no control over it. I'm not really sure what is different about what was handed over from Texas to the federal government...
That's not exactly sensitive info. Property records are very public with that same info.
The current situation doesn't retroactively somehow make these records sensitive.
Not in my (most?) states. Property records are readily accessible online for the states I've had to look up. I can pull up a property on a map and find full history of sales, purchases, owners, permits, renovations, and more. Also why it's used often in OSINT.
You made multiple claims about how it's not "very public" and somehow that the property owner can somehow block requests which is just nonsense. And now you've changed to arguing that it's public but somehow restricted by location or whatever. Or maybe you've run into scraping protections before and somehow you think that supports your idea that this information is not public. At best maybe you're referencing a state that has these protections, but it's absolutely not commonplace. I think you're just full of shit, though.
What?
It's public. Live. With GIS data maps of property boundaries. Available to anyone at any time. I can give you actual links or you could just do some simple ass Google searches as you said. Quit making shit up.
haha
Also completely and entirely false.
Also false. I doubt you've even registered to vote anywhere in this country.
Keep replying with more completely made up bullshit.
Property records in most states and counties have a web portal with a search bar. You input the address and you can get the name of who lives there. The opposite is true in some places as well, you input the name and get the address. It's not good, don't get me wrong, but it is "very public" in most places.
Luckily, my state doesn't have you register your political affiliation. That's what is most worrying about Texas doing this, since they do have you pick a primary. Otherwise, it is basically just public records.
With your driver's license info included?
Many states (including Texas) require voters to register as a member of a political party. Texas just handed the Feds a list of all the voting Democrats in Texas.
One of the minor reasons I've always registered independent.
Texas does not have party affiliation on the voter registration form or ID card, and we have open primaries.
But we can only vote in one party's primary for any given election cycle, including runoffs, so it serves as a defacto registration.
Yes but that affiliation is automatic when you vote in a primary and expires at the end of that calendar year, to ensure you can only vote in a primary runoff if you voted in the original primary.
You affiliate with a party in order to even get a primary ballot.
https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/advisory2020-05.shtml
The affiliation is automatic when you tell the election official which primary you want to vote in, it's not a separate action you have to take ahead of time like voter registration is. And it expires at the end of the same calendar year. It's so you can only vote in a primary runoff if you voted in the original primary.
Which gets recorded to the roll so they can enforce that.
they just dont know your personal details, like DL, SSN,,,etc. just where or who you voted for.