Originally Posted by airbus320
Regretably, is is not a joke.
In democratic elections, public disclosure of who voted and who has not voted is probihited by law. Your vote and the fact that you even voted is considerated private. There is no disclosure of those who votes and those who choose not to vote.
While the 'voted logo' has probably the intention to rallying the voting population to get out and vote, this measure has the consequence of revealing to the public eye who has not voted. This measure is an invasion of my privacy....
and I therefore protest the use of this logo.
as pointed out by others in many, if not all U.S. jursidictions this is not true.
In N.Y. not only is whether you voted or not public information but so is your voter registration..ie republican, democrat, independent etc.
I do not agree with this policy and agree that it is an invasion of privacy, however you can't say that it is prohibited by law, at least in the U.S.