Republican Ads: Careful Whom You Vote for in Iowa Because We’ll Tell Your Neighbors
The Republican National Committee has resorted to "vote shaming" Iowans with ludicrously misleading Facebook ads.
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The Republican National Committee has resorted to “vote shaming” Iowans with ludicrously misleading Facebook ads.
ThinkProgress:
The GOP is trying to convince Iowa voters on Facebook that their neighbors will know if they voted Republican.
Screenshots of Facebook ads, promoted by the official Facebook page of the Republican National Committee feature an ominous message: “NOTICE: All Voting Is Public.” The ad tell voters that “In a few months, Iowa will release the list of individual who voted in this election.” Most troublingly, the ad includes an arial view of a neighborhood with checkmarks indicating that “These People Voted GOP.”
It is true that voter participation in elections in public information. But how a someone voted, including what party they voted for, is not. The secret ballot has long been considered a hallmark of American democracy.
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