• u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 days ago

    Hey, I’ll add another one: being forced to by your family

    I’ve had my parents strongly tell me who to not vote. Bullshit like “We aren’t telling you who to vote. You’re an adult, and I believe you can make the decision yourself. I am only telling you not to vote Korčok, because that would be stupid. But I believe you aren’t that stupid.”

    But hey, my father was also annoyed for me going there on my own, rather than with my mother at once (he didn’t vote), because we’re a family and must go everywhere together.
    Sigh

    If there’s any Slovakian reading this, yeah, I voted for Korčok.

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      7 days ago

      Is there any way they would know who you voted for if you went together? It’s all pretty private in the US.

      • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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        7 days ago

        Nah. The voting is anonymous. I mean, the envelope including its contents has no unique information. If someone wanted to figure out who it belonged to, they’d probably have to resort to fingerprints.

        Although, if you do scribble on something else, someone who’s counting the votes may take a picture of the ballot:

        “I choose (vote) you, Pikachu!”