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Approximately 35 Million voter registration records from 20 states have appeared for sale online. These records include Full Name, Phone, Address, Voting History and 'other' data. There have been other larger leaks and breaches of voter registration records in the past (for example, in 2015 191 Million were found to be freely accessible online)
Details including the affected states are available here: https://www.anomali.com/blog/estimated-35-million-voter-records-for-sale-on-popular-hacking-forum
Why is our voting history retained beyond the current election? This is especially worrisome if you vote in the wrong primaries in an area that has a prevailing opinion that differs sharply from your own.
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Everything that you know is wrong, but you can be straightened out.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @02:20PM
At least here, it is a flag: 0 not registered, 1 registered, 2 registered and voted. It doesn't show whom you voted for, but it can show how old you are, when you moved to the area, and how politically interested you are. But your date of birth and party affiliation is already included elsewhere in the record.