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by skookumchuck 2596 days ago
> I worked in a smaller company where the owner felt he had a right to dictate how his employees should vote.

Since we have a secret ballot (which is a good thing) in the US, how on earth could anyone "dictate" who you vote for?
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bediger4000 2593 days ago
He wasn't able to enforce what he felt his right to dictate our vote. He loudly (over the intercom!) proclaimed such a right, as an employer. I believe he was scolded by the company comptroller that afternoon.

You realize that another synonym of "secret ballot" is "Australian Ballot"? US voting was apparently mostly public on to the mid 1800s. Now that we're all Originalists, I hope we're going to re-think this whole Foreign Imposition of secrecy on The Framer's desire to have accountable voting.

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specialist 2596 days ago
Postal balloting, aka vote by mail in our state.

Plenty of cases of "ballot parties" in unions, military, churches, job sites, etc.

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skookumchuck 2596 days ago
You're under no obligation to show your vote to anyone. Voting by mail only keeps records that you voted - not who you voted for - and that information is certainly not shared with your boss.

All voting booths I've seen had a curtain for privacy.

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specialist 2595 days ago
I don't follow.

A ballot records votes. Otherwise it's not a ballot.

Are you saying we live in a world without coercion? That various organizations haven't hosted ballot parties?

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