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by tympious 1610 days ago
Possibly because the notion of America having "abandoned the secret ballot" is hyperbolic at best. Also looks like the article was originally published here: https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/14/what-americans-lost-when-...
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> Also looks like the article was originally published here:

Actually there's editor's note in the end linking to the original RealClearPolitics article. Also the article I submitted says that it was first there, but less visibly and without link.

There seems to be no way to change the url in retrospect.

Submit it again.
It's not really hyperbolic at all. Secrecy is now only preserved if the people handling the votes choose to preserve it. That's a big deal. Even if today they choose to preserve your ballot's secrecy, there is nothing now stopping them from violating that (and the law) in the future. It's important to wonder too how people will react -- do people now act as though they have no secrecy in their ballot?

So, no, this should not have been flagged!