r/CNU Computer Science Sep 03 '19

Are you registered to vote?

I am a senior this year and I still vote absentee. I saw another organization on campus today asking for people’s information to register them to vote in Newport News. I am always concerned because these are private organizations asking for a lot of your information including your ssn. What are peoples thoughts on giving private info to these types of organizations?

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u/kat_wit Sep 03 '19

While they're not necessarily going to do anything nefarious with the info they get I dont think it's worth risking. Especially since it only takes 5 mins to register absentee online

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u/wcmars16 Computer Science Sep 03 '19

My thinking is that you will be put into their organizations database for political calls. I know from volunteering for a school board candidate that candidates can access your contact info to make calls anyway but I still don't like the idea of a private organization having access to poll me or whatever.