Questions tagged [voting]
The activity of choosing someone or something in an election.
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Are the ballots in the American Congress anonymous?
I was reading the history of the 13th Amendment. After creating the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln realized that he would need to amend the Constitution to truly end slavery. His attempts ...
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What would happen if someone set up fake polling stations?
This is based on an Onion community post I saw a few days ago, with the headline of (paraphrased) "Person with 'I Vorted' badge believes polling station might not have been real after all".
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What would it take to have voting by mail be a constitutional right in the USA?
This question is related to this one.
COVID brought voting by mail into the spotlight. What would it take to have the absolute right to vote by mail? Is it as easy as just amending the constitution, ...
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Is it possible for a voter to be rendered ineligible in both their prior and new states while in the process of moving?
If a person moves in close proximity to the day of the election, is it possible they are rendered legally ineligible to vote in both their new and prior states of residency?
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In Texas, can they turn you away from the ballot box for your t-shirt?
Today I went to vote. I was told I couldn't vote with my t-shirt, which had a political statement on it that included the call to "abandon" one of the candidates by name.
Is there a law that ...
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Is it illegal (in the US) to offer financial incentives that require a registration to vote?
According to himself and various news sources, the owner of Twitter/X, Elon Musk, is seeking support to a petition called "Petition in Favor of Free Speech and the Right to Bear Arms" aka &...
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Voting in India
In my region (country India) election will happen in few days. Today few members from X party came to our house and asked for voter id of all family member. My dumb parents handed them all the voter ...
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Does a Durable General Power of Attorney extent to voting rights?
If a person had a durable general power of attorney for another person as a result of that person being disabled but not incompetent, would it be legal to sign a ballot and cast a vote on their behalf?...
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USA write-in ballots
Disclosure: I do not live in the USA and so am only picking up bits of American news from various places.
What I'm picking up on is that one of the larger things in the United States is a legal ...
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Are there legal consequences for voting in opposing party's presidential primary?
This question is a kind of follow-up to a question on Minneapolis reddit. In short:
Are there legal consequences in MN for voting in the opposing party's primary election with the aim of "helping&...
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Can felons vote?
I am not familiar with USA laws, but I saw that Maine and Vermont are the only states where felons never lose their right to vote. Is this true? Does that include all elections (I.e., local, state, ...
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International standards on prisoners' right to vote
Are there any international standards or declarations/conventions on prisoners' right to vote?
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Can a political party falsely inform its opponent's voters that their voter registrations have been cancelled?
Location: Michigan, United States
Let's say we have two major political parties - let's call them YellowParty and PurpleParty. YellowParty obtains a list of reliable PurpleParty voters and sets out to ...
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Potential jurors in a state election fraud scheme-conflict of interest?
Obviously this question was inspired by recent events in the United States, specifically the state of Georgia. It applies more generally though to any such case. I thought that in order to be a ...
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How can you prevent someone from buying out your company and dissolving it the next day to screw you over (you have equity in the company)
I'm thinking about a hypothetical scenario.
Let's say someone wants to buy out your company (LLC if it matters) for $1 million.
Let's say you annoy the buyers by requesting some equity in the company, ...
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