I'm just curious: how do we know this, given that (I thought) voting is by secret ballot?
Whether you voted or not is not secret. Otherwise you could vote over and over again, North Dakota style.
Oh yes, I suppose that's right.
Good thing too. Otherwise the parties'd know exactly who votes every time and who never votes and which people turn out only at important elections - and would mail those poor sods to death.
As is only fair. Why bother people who never vote?
I get mail for every possible competitive election I can vote in, because I am that rare, highly prized *independent voter* *who ALWAYS votes* *and lives in an apartment*. I'm expecting plenty more mail this year.
