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A Hegseth Employee Created a Database to Track Americans Based on Their Political Affiliation (www.rsn.org)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1368758/a-hegseth-employee-created-a-database-to-track-americans-based-on-their-political-affili

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[–] 59 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Isn't it pretty easy in the US?

For some reason people need to register with their government what their political affiliation is. Not sure if any other country in the world does this but it's stupid as fuck for every reason.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    You don't need to register your political affiliation in the us. You can register as independent. As far as i know it just dictates what ballot you'll get (which is silly)

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  • [–] 19 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    That's still registering your political affiliation with the government.

    Which is still fucked up.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    Not all states collect political affiliations, but in any case, you don't have to register a party. I have been an Unaffiliated Independent since I first registered to vote in 1977. I can't vote in primaries, but neither party can count on my vote, and they have to earn it every election.

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