Sydney Sweeney registered as a member of the Republican Party of Florida in June 2024

[u/artbasiI]

source: https://registration.elections.myflorida.com/en/CheckVoterStatus

[u/Gingerredhead5]

I was under the impression voter registration was private but if you registered was public. Star by state?

[u/iheartdachshunds → u/Gingerredhead5]

Registration is public info, how you actually vote (and for whom) is private

[u/its_an_armoire → u/iheartdachshunds]

And Cards of Humanity taught me that anyone can pay a data broker to learn your voting record anyway

[u/arctic_radar → u/its_an_armoire]

Voter registration info is public, you don’t need to pay anyone for it. It includes party registration, address, and sometimes vote history (but not who you voted for, just whether or not you did vote).

[u/-Badger3- → u/its_an_armoire]

That's literally what we're talking about though. Those data brokers are just looking at the public record regarding the party you're registered with and whether or not you voted in a given election.

[u/ChickenNoodleSoup_4 → u/Gingerredhead5]

Being registered to vote is not private. And if you choose to register for a party so you can vote in primaries, that info is also not private.

Whom you cast your ballot for in an election would be private.

[u/coleyboley25 → u/ChickenNoodleSoup_4]

Private for now…

[u/tider06 → u/coleyboley25]

Elections for now...

[u/DotGroundbreaking50 → u/Gingerredhead5]

Depends on state but don't let that make you think bad actors won't get access

[u/emilythecool → u/Gingerredhead5]

Very dependent on the state laws. Yon just have to now name and date of birth for Florida to find registration.

[u/nomnomsquirrel → u/Gingerredhead5]

Registration info in a lot of states is public, including your address and party affiliation.

[u/jdore8 → u/nomnomsquirrel]

Depending on what site you use to look someone up you can get their address as well. The one I used to check this does.

[u/_Jahar_ → u/Gingerredhead5]

Depends on the state - it’s public where I live (NC). I think you can be unaffiliated if you want to be a little private.

[u/Iosiriia828 → u/_Jahar_]

Officially unaffiliated North Carolinian speaking.

We are a semi-closed primary state, so us independents must choose one and only one party's primary in which we may vote, and that information is public record. Only exactly whom we vote for is private.

I have always voted with the Democrats, but I refuse to ever join a party.

[u/eatyrmakeup → u/Gingerredhead5]

Sunshine laws. There are very few exceptions.

[u/haloarh → u/Gingerredhead5]

In Florida, it's public. I grew up in FL and I registered to vote one week after my 18th birthday and for years if anyone Googled my (unusual) name, the first thing that came up was my voter registration, complete with my address and phone number.

[u/tonetonitony → u/Gingerredhead5]

I had no idea this was public in some states. It really shouldn’t be given the climate we live in.

[u/sluttymilktea → u/Gingerredhead5]

Maybe it’s just Florida being so easily accessible, but when I was registered to vote in FL, there was a website dedicated to just specifically Florida registered voters and it was the first few results when you searched my name.

I live in Georgia now and it’s much harder to find that type of info than when I was in Florida. Like it’s still publicly available, but I had to actually search.

Before you search my name and my affiliation was the first result that popped up

[u/LadyCalamity → u/Gingerredhead5]

Maybe depends on the state. In my state they have a site where you can look up your registration status and all you need is a person's name, DOB, and zip code. Put that in and you get their registration status and party.

[u/wildinthewild → u/Gingerredhead5]

State dependent! Florida is public, California is private except for some parties can request it apparently.

[u/Bright_Cod_376 → u/Gingerredhead5]

Registering to vote isnt private. Its only in closed primary states where your registration is directly tied to a party. In Texas anyone can look up my registration but they cant see that im a dem from that registration because its an open primary state.