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iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 3 days agoI know that you mean well, but you seeing your mother’s vote is exactly why mail in voting should be the exception. Voting booths exist so that votes ate secret, which is how it should be.
My mom hates Trump since she thinks he’s crude, but I’m 99% sure that my dad voted for them both by mail in votes.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Oh, I mean, its not like I gave her an order to vote a certain way. I just convinced her to do it by invoking her fears (Just like the maga do by invoking xenophobia, but in my case, in reverse). Like if she wanted to vote trump, she could’ve just hidden it, or just be a proud maga and not even hide it. Like what was I gonna do? I still have to live with her, I have no leverage over her, and I’m definitely not gonna commit a crime and illegally tamper with votes.
Convincing someone to vote a certain way out of their own free will is not illegal.
Someone voluntarily not hiding their ballot is not illegal either. (It’s not like I forced her to show the ballot)
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
In the Virginia mail-in voting instructions it is very clear that you are not to show anyone who you voted for. I guess I’m not surprised if other states do not have that, since voting rules are so haphazard in the USA.
It may be illegal to show your vote, exactly to prevent people in an unequal power relationship from pressuring you to vote in a specific way.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I mean, I’m the one depending on my mom not kicking me out, so like, morally speaking, I didn’t do anything wrong.
Legally, ballot selfies are legal in Pennsylvania where I live. Ballot selfies are also legal in Virginia. Why would Virgina make ballot selfies legal, but make showing ballots illegal?
Are you sure its an actual law, and not just a suggestion of the ballot instructions?
Btw, even in the polling booth (in PA at least), you are allowed to have someone assist you vote.
And I’m not even assisting. I’m just giving advice and hope she doesn’t vote for a fascist.