Who owns my ballot once it is cast? Have I given up all rights to it & if so who now has that right?

[efhmc]

[hlthe2b]

1. and that is the question...

Federal law requires that they be secured, but...

[efhmc]

3. Secured to whom. So can someone just declare they are a entity which has that right and can

now do anything they want with them?

[dsc]

2. You likely have

but society most certainly hasn't. You can't find your ballot now, nor can anyone else so a particularized personal right seems to be a stretch, but as a group we have a right to the integrity of the ballots as a whole.

[efhmc]

5. Then why aren't Arizona citizens putting up a fight?

Not just for the right to do this but for the right to not have their votes tampered with by a recount which now is rigged by the GQP but could be done by others (Dems) in the future.

[MineralMan]

4. Well, there is no identifying information on any ballot.

Nobody can tell who cast a particular ballot.

[efhmc]

6. But there is information that I voted so I am not able to vote twice.

We could show where and when I voted.

[whistler162]

7. Technically there is, the sequence number

on the ballot. But, you would need the voter's database to reference that number with whom used the ballot.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. You never "had rights" to a ballot

The state prints it; you fill it out (physically or electronically). It would be illegal for you to carry it out of the polling station. You don't, for instance, get "rights" to a receipt you sign for receiving recorded mail.

[WarGamer]

10. correct...

The ballot is, was and always will be County/State property.

[fescuerescue]

9. I would say it's not you.

Because there is no way in hell you can ever touch it or see it again.

Best guess would be the county.