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Comment by kylehotchkiss

2 days ago

I was pretty nervous about voterfile / irs data merges. I sensed this was headed towards building retribution tools for those who didn't vote for the admin.

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foxyv  1 day ago

Why bother when you can delete all the organizations responsible for ensuring a valid election then rig it using the same methods as the Russians do. Only thing in your way are state level officials, but they are easy enough to steamroll with "Federal Investigations" by your newly appointed investigators.

Who cares how someone voted at that point. Voting just becomes an exercise in futility.

y33t  2 days ago

Could you provide me some links or background on this? I did a couple of lazy searches and didn't find anything. I knew they tracked that you voted, but not who/what you voted for, if that's what you're saying, unless you mean party affiliation.

  • saturn8601  2 days ago

    Join SSN column with Driver License table

    Join that with Drivers license -> Voter registration number.

    Search the voter records (if the states still have them) with the issued ballot number to that voter registration number and bingo. You got voting records.

    Think most states discard actual ballots over time though so maybe old data might be gone. Republican states garbage as they are probably stored this election for some reason. I bet you can guess what that reason is.

    • snowwrestler  1 day ago

      > Search the voter records (if the states still have them) with the issued ballot number to that voter registration number and bingo. You got voting records.

      To be clear, you can’t find out how someone voted this way. You can only find out if they submitted a ballot, not what the ballot said.

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    • duped  1 day ago

      > Search the voter records (if the states still have them) with the issued ballot number to that voter registration number and bingo. You got voting records.

      I believe this involves a court order and to physically access the ballots in most states, where the ballots haven't been destroyed.

      I would be very surprised if such a database existed in most states and if it was easy for someone from the federal government to make a query without many hoops and ladders.

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throw16180339  2 days ago

I think it's premature to rule this out. Trump has previously abused government agencies to harass his opponents, so why wouldn't he and Musk use IRS data for this purpose?