Cynthetiq

If you are part of an organization or group of people who tend to vote in a bloc and you wish to vote independently from that group, notifying people who you are voting for can create tension and issues with the relationships within that group.

This is why it isn't any business to my employer, my pastor (when I was a practicing catholic), congregation, school, etc.

I'm happy to discuss issues and have conversation, but asking who I'm going to vote for I will not disclose.

If I didn't have the choice to have secret balloting, no assocation of my ballot to my name, no curtain to providve privacy as I pull the lever or puch the ballot, then maybe it would be a difference for me.

I live in a very democratic neighborhood, I'm not interested in voting for the rolls that are expected in my neighborhood. It also doesn't mean that since I'm a registered republican, that you can guarantee that I will vote party lines and vote republican or conservative.

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