In a lot of countries voting is by secret ballot so why in the US do people have their affiliation publicly registered? The point of secret ballots is to avoid harassment from political opponents, is this not a problem over there?
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This is an interesting question. In Canada, there’s no such thing as a registered political affiliation. You can be a member of a political party, but nobody will know except you and them (as far as I’m aware).
Unless your name appears on a google search (maybe because you’re on the party website for some reason), nobody has any way of knowing who you support.
I’ve always wondered how and why public records would exist containing your affiliation.
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