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Chuck Schumer: “The sacred secrecy of our ballot would be undone by this…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published | Video Starts at 01:40

They'd have to add a photocopy of their ID with their ballot so the election officials would open up the envelope and could see how you voted. The sacred secrecy of our ballot would be undone by this amendment. It's ridiculous again, anyone who voted by mail would have to put a voter ID inside the envelope and the Board of Elections would have to open it up and see how you voted. (01:40–01:46)

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Asserts that the amendment would compromise the secrecy of ballots.

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