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Susan Rinkunas
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Reporter: abortion & politics. Contributing writer, Jezebel. Seen in Slate, The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, and more. @wgaeast.bsky.social council. From PA, now in BK. ❤️‍🔥 linktr.ee/susanrinkunas 💌 susanrinkunaswrites @ gmail
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Vote by mail is great, unless you have a controlling partner who demands filling out the ballots together www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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Kelly Johnson, 47, of Kansas City, said she and other Kansas Democrats talked on a Facebook page about being liberal in a red state. Some women in the state "are afraid to vote for Democrats because their husbands or their other family members are voting for Republicans," she said.
Sticky notes became a way for women to participate in politics "without feeling or being afraid of having any repercussions," she said.

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No one knows who you vote for :)
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Nace doesn't wait to meet with the La Las to write her sticky notes. She said that any time she gets a few minutes, she writes messages on sticky notes to throw in her purse for when she goes out.
"I live in a very red state, and I know women who do what their husbands tell them to do, and it's very sad," Nace said. "And so if we can give a voice to somebody who might have some fears, it would just be a good thing for them to know that nobody's going to know how you vote when you vote."
Women in Republican-dominated areas shared that writing sticky notes was a way for them to get involved politically without dealing with potential backlash.
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AHamandahoey.bsky.social

This is also one of the reasons why I hate caucuses instead of primaries. Vote by mail at least comes with other benefits to increase voter participation and has in-person alternatives. Caucusing is awful for people with controlling partners.

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DFdfeldman.bsky.social

A decent number of controlling spouses will likely just get the ballot, fill it out, and fake their partner's signature and mail it back without them even seeing it :(

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Aagtmadcat.bsky.social

I hate that this is necessary but am glad there's some small thing being done about it.

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Mthukpa.bsky.social

Came here to say this! I love living in a vote by mail state, but the ability of another person in the household to exert pressure or inspect ballots is wide open

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MMmmludz.bsky.social

This is an excellent point!

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KCstarkeepr.bsky.social

My friend moved to rural Arkansas in the early 2000s. When he and his wife went to vote, they told him that they could share a booth so that he could "help" her vote. Poll workers allow this to happen!

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Reporter: abortion & politics. Contributing writer, Jezebel. Seen in Slate, The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, and more. @wgaeast.bsky.social council. From PA, now in BK. ❤️‍🔥 linktr.ee/susanrinkunas 💌 susanrinkunaswrites @ gmail
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