I'm pretty sure that's a reference to the midterm elections in November 2026
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Gonna simplify a bit here...
There are two main election cycles: the mid-terms and the presidential election.
Presidential elections take place every 4 years in November. 2024, 2028, etc. This also includes a "primary" that starts sometime around March-April, where the candidates for the Democrats and the Republicans are voted for and chosen to then "compete in November. The primary votes are finalized at the respective DNC and RNC conventions.
The mid-terms take place every 4 years, but they are staggered between presidential election cycles. So, last presidential was 2024, so our mid-terms will be 2026. Next presidential is 2028, and the next mid-terms after that is 2030, rinse repeat.
Mid-terms and the presidential cycles are both very important as that is when certain Congressmen are up for election as Senate members are every 6 years and House is every 2 years.
Now, when a US Citizen registers to vote they will have the option to select a "political party preference". This doesn't just mean "Democrat" vs. "Republican", the person can also usually choose from Independent/No-Party-Preference, Green Party, etc. depends on the state. However, there are "closed" and "open" primaries depending on the state and political party. For example, if you are a registered Republican you can vote in the Republican primary but NOT the Democrat one and vice-versa. Some 3rd parties like the Green party can be allowed to vote in the Democrat party primary(open primary) but not the Republican one(closed primary). This is to prevent "sandbagging" or "party raiding", so Democrats can't directly influence Republican primaries and vice-versa. This party affiliation is really only used for primary candidate voting, not for measures or ordinances or anything. Everyone should be able to vote for local laws no matter their political affiliation.
Now, since I'm seeing this a lot on this thread. Your actual votes are NOT tied to your person whatsoever. The ballot we vote on does not have our name on it any other type of identifying markers. Now you can infer that a person registered with the Democratic party probably voted for the Democrat candidate, but the government does not(and practically can't) make a record of who you voted for.
Ok, now it makes sense. But if I understand it right if the Government gets the list of registered voters, they will have a pool of potential Democrat voters that they could harras/persecute.
Correct, that is a high possibility.
Personally you can probably make a list of Democrat voters without the voter registration logs(socioeconomic status, geolocation, education level, etc.). But I'm guessing they(the Trump administration) aren't smart enough to do that.