beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoA Hegseth Employee Created a Database to Track Americans Based on Their Political Affiliationwww.rsn.orgexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1471arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1468arrow-down1external-linkA Hegseth Employee Created a Database to Track Americans Based on Their Political Affiliationwww.rsn.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square53linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squaredeaconblackhorse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoYou 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)
minus-squarewedge@multiverse.soulism.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoYou have to be registered with a party to take place in that party’s rigged primaries.
minus-squareKyrias@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 day agoThat’s still registering your political affiliation with the government. Which is still fucked up.
minus-squarearchitect@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s unaffiliated. Independent is a party. Unaffiliated is no party.
minus-squaresevan@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoIn some states “Independent” is a party, in others it mean unaffiliated.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoWho wants to bet we’ll see attempts to nullify votes that don’t fit the declared affiliation before the next elections are over?
minus-squareVoytrekk@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoIt varies based on state. In Ohio, I select the ballot I want for primaries when I go to vote despite not being registered for any political party.
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)
You have to be registered with a party to take place in that party’s rigged primaries.
That’s still registering your political affiliation with the government.
Which is still fucked up.
It’s unaffiliated. Independent is a party. Unaffiliated is no party.
In some states “Independent” is a party, in others it mean unaffiliated.
Who wants to bet we’ll see attempts to nullify votes that don’t fit the declared affiliation before the next elections are over?
It varies based on state. In Ohio, I select the ballot I want for primaries when I go to vote despite not being registered for any political party.