Has anyone else heard this?

Having your choice of a presidential candidate be a mandatory block on a form sounds completely unreasonable. It is a private matter and would not be acceptable to disclose for employment or banking purposes. There is absolutely no need to discuss political issues unless you choose to. If discussing such matters becomes a requirement, there would be a definite legal battle to change this. People have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the United States of America and one's political preferences are private. This is even true if you are a member of government.

The bottom line is, no law could ever make you reveal it, because you always lie. Can a job check the record of who you voted for? No. Now, if we're talking about whether a job can *ask* who you voted for, I'm not sure if that's illegal and I don't really think it should be. They're a private company, it's their prerogative to use what criteria they wish, as long as their not discriminating about something you can't help, like age or gender. If you were going to work for a company that works for certain politicians, they could ask. If it bothers you (as it would probably bother me), then don't work for them.

I can't find any reference to it, but that doesn't mean it isn't out there somewhere. The way they've been shunting rights to the trash can lately, I wouldn't be surprised if they tried it. I would be surprised if it was debated in public or reported by the media. They don't want an uprising just yet.

I have a hard time imagining this is real. Is it a law being drafted by the U.S. Congress? Or is this just in one state legislature? Do you have a bill number for it? I just did some looking and I couldn't find any bill or even a news story on it. I'd a little more info so I can respond properly and if it is a true story, I'd like to know about it so I can oppose it.

I didn't hear about that. I wouldn't put it past the bureaucrats. Pretty soon they will want to know how often you go to the bathroom each day and what kind of toilet paper you use. Even if it came to pass there would be a LOT of law suits and other blockages before it comes to pass. It also goes against the constitution (if I remember right) and the right to privacy. Of course if it did come to pass, I wouldn't fill out the block honestly. I don't do paperwork well anyhow...I reach a point with the questions when my mind just loses it and I start filling them in with off the wall answers. I have had to fill out enough questionaires for the medical profession over the past 30 years (all because of my on the job injury) that I don't take them seriously anymore. After all, how many times do you have to tell people how tall you are? I have gotten to the point that I put down "Tall enough to reach the ground." Of course that's my warped sense of humor!!!

If you are talking about the United States there would be no possible way that anyone would pass that law. It's a violation of privacy, and if they passed a law like that, people would stop voting for anyone in protest

A quick search on that subject did not bring in any results regarding that, but I will certainly spend more time searching. I did find this though regarding a Spanish company associated with George Soros that will handle the vote count this November http://tinyurl.com/spanishcount . I think this will prove to be even worse.

What country are you in? I can't imagine that would be true, in fact I'm pretty sure in a lot of democratic countries that kind of thing could get the employer in a lot of trouble. If I ever saw a form on a job application asking for my political affiliation or who I voted for in an election, I'd probably walk right out and throw the application in the bin.

And how could they know if you are really telling the truth about who you voted for? I am not from the US, but isn't the vote secret?

Interesting topic and discussion thus far! I really never gave it any thought as to whether political affiliation requested on forms would be legal or not. Personally, I do not see this as too much of an issue. Although my political affiliation is my business, I do not mind standing behind my voting decisions, regardless of who is asking. That said, the "why" of this question on a form would interest me more than anything. Why should it affect a loan, or similar things, is beyond me. As for it affecting a job, I can actually almost understand that, especially if it were a political or social interest type position.