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by labster 976 days ago
Voter data is already protected by California law; it’s already a crime to disseminate voter registration information for non-political purposes.

Please stop with this FUD that is just another voter suppression tactic.

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California seems to be stricter than many states but it's not just political purposes (which I'm not sure how that is "better" anyway):

In California:

Candidates, parties, ballot measure committees, and to any person for election, scholarly, journalistic, or political purposes, or for governmental purposes, as determined by the Secretary of State. All voter information is confidential except for those listed above that may request lists.

https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-u...

So you can disseminate voter registration information for political purposes?
> that is just another voter suppression tactic

It's really, really not.