Voting information

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865593952/Lawmakers-want-to-change-way-voter-information-is-sold.html

This article is about how two UT lawmakers are trying to get a law passed that will make voter information (such as addresses, phone numbers and birthdays) only available for "Political, Scholarly, Journalistic, or Governmental purposes." for a fee. Right now, there is a site operated by a man in New Hampshire that has all the information for free. The article explains that the man has websites for some other states, and says he is "making an honest dollar by getting public information that people are selling for a fee and making it available for free." Because he is not currently breaking a law, this proposed one would hopefully close that loop.

When I read the first paragraph of this I was like "What? they shouldn't sell our info!" but then I read the rest and I figured out they were trying to make the info harder to get, and would only sell it for certain purposes. I am still not sure they should be making that info available at all, but I guess it is a step in the right direction. I personally don't see how that guy thinks it is OK to put it on his site. A lot of comments were pretty mad and said things like 'I am never voting again unless they change it!". I don't know if I wouldn't vote, but I would be pretty mad.