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I guess you misunderstood the word “location”.

The voting centre is typically the closest public school to where you live.

So when I say location here I mean the neighborhood where you live.

Also the main concern isn’t the government. They clearly already have the data and will always have that data. They also have the actual address of people.

The main concern is literally anyone can access the data and this thread is about countries protecting PII lol.




In some Western countries voter's lists with names and addresses are publicly accessible, if I understand correctly. Helps to make sure government doesn't add dead souls to vote for them.




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