The "Australian Ballot" is the ballot Americans know and trust. First used in Australia in 1856, the ballot is what we know as the secret ballot. Americans trust that they can go to the polls and privately vote and no one will find out who they voted for. States even prohibit people taking pictures of their ballots to discourage voter intimidation. But Texans need to know they have a secret ballot no more.

In a wild story out of Texas, the website Current Revolt obtained Matt Rinaldi's Super Tuesday ballot. Rinaldi, the outgoing Chairman of the Texas Republican Party, tweeted that he voted for Donald Trump. Fellow Texan and Federal Elections Commission member Trey Trainor challenged Rinaldi, tweeting, "So we'll see you in a #MAGA hat at convention? With the ability these days to track ballots to individual voters I accept your challenge to see if it is #fakenews and see if you actually did vote for (Donald Trump)," on May 20, 2024.

Two days later, Current Revolt obtained a copy of Rinaldi's ballot showing........

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