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I'm not willing to test it myself, but maybe the worst of this is that it seems to allow anyone to look up any Oregon voter's registered mail address if you have their birthday, meaning most famous/public figures in Oregon are at some risk it would seem.

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Yes, this is true. However, it is public information and the site has a disclaimer indicating this. There is an alternate route to register to vote if your information is confidential. It’s trivial to learn this information in other ways as well. It’s somewhat notable how easy it was for me to look up a prominent politicians registration info, but that is simply not news. This post was flagged appropriately.

This in itself isn’t unusual. Or at least Kentucky’s voter registration tool is the same way.

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