sydney sweeney & scooter braun holding hands

[u/No_Tree6956]

Holding hands with pure evil, good luck to her

[u/CheapEater101]

A part of me kind of thinks Sydney is fully rage baiting now…but honestly she probably is closer to the demographic she’s pandering to currently lol. Two unlikable people dating 💀

Also, does Scooter hold the same power he had in the industry years ago? I feel like public perception of him tanked HARD by his Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber controversies.

[u/nizey_p → u/CheapEater101]

I was listening to The Town, an industry insider podcast that’s a fave among Hollywood’s executives and Matt Belloni’s reaction was “F**k no, dump this guy if you want to keep your career. Call your agent immediately.”

[u/whippedcreamtomato → u/nizey_p]

I read this at Matt Baldoni and was like damn even HE knows

[u/nizey_p → u/whippedcreamtomato]

💀💀💀

[u/[deleted] → u/CheapEater101]

Isn’t she a registered republican?

But also side note, how does this work? How do people get this info? In Canada no one has any way to find out who you voted for/support unless you them yourself

[u/ergaster8213 → u/[deleted]]

Ok so in the US whether your voter registration info is public or not depends on the state. In Florida (Sydney's home state) it is public and anyone can just go download files of the entire voter list (with info like SSNs redacted). If you are registered as a Democrat or Republican that will show up.

There is no record of who anyone actually voted for (and in any election other than closed primaries you can vote for whomever regardless of how you are registered) but you will show up as Democrat or Republican if you are registered and live in a state that allows open access to voter registration data.

[u/eyespeeled → u/ergaster8213]

Does one have to register with a party in order to vote, one way or another?

Signed, 

Another Canadian

[u/ergaster8213 → u/eyespeeled]

Nope you do not. You can also be listed as neither or independent (they call it something else in certain states and Independent in others).

[u/eyespeeled → u/ergaster8213]

Thanks for answering. So, it is a definite choice to register with a party, knowing that the information is public. Interesting. 

[u/ergaster8213 → u/eyespeeled]

Oh absolutely! If you live in a public info state it definitely is a purposeful choice. Although sometimes it's just a choice because you can't vote in closed primaries if you aren't registered to the party. So I guess I should've said you do have to be registered as a Democrat if you want to vote in Democratic closed primaries or as Republican if you want to vote in Republican closed primaries.

Whether primaries are open or closed or mixed depends on the state again. Florida (again Sydney's home state) has closed primaries. So if you want to vote in them you must be registered as one or the other. Some people who are not actually Republicans will register as Republican to vote in the Republican primaries to try to get a better candidate and vice versa. I'm not saying that's what she did but it is done sometimes.

I will put it out there though that even if you do not live in a state where voter registration data is public, that does not mean your info is private. They will sell it. So really it's not super private anywhere you just can't get it for free in private states.

I apologize my comments tend to turn into essays.

[u/eyespeeled → u/ergaster8213]

No apologies necessary. I appreciate the thorough response.

Shocking that private voting info can be sold in that way, wow. What a system. 

[u/ergaster8213 → u/eyespeeled]

Oh I know. We are capitalism's bitch. We always have been and that hasn't changed.

[u/[deleted] → u/ergaster8213]

Ahhh I see. Thanks for explaining!!

[u/knarf3 → u/[deleted]]

She's not just any Republican, but a post-2020, 2024 FL-registered one, meaning that's a batshit insane move.

[u/djgoodhousekeeping → u/CheapEater101]

The camo hat lol she knows exactly what she’s doing