New York Times: Information About Every Voter in New York City Is Now Very Public

If you’re registered to vote in New York City, anyone can find out your political party affiliation and home address — down to the apartment number — with just a few clicks online.

These kinds of voter registration details have always been public information and have long been used by campaigns. But they may have never been so easy to find.

The city’s Board of Elections published the data of the city’s 4.6 million voters in February to little fanfare. It was reported by WNYC last week.

No other jurisdiction in New York has published this type of information online, according to a state Board of Election official who spoke to my colleague Vivian Wang. …

Some people, like domestic violence victims, can ask to shield their information from these types of databases. And critics like Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization focused on holding government accountable, say that just because the information is public, it doesn’t mean it should be made available in this manner.