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The second image refers to the election several times so it makes me wonder if they are trying to see if FB has an effect on how you vote...pure speculation on my part based on their text, of course.

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That would require them to record your vote which would probably be illegal.

They can ask you how you voted. Exit polls do it all of the time. This announcement mentions a survey as well.

If it is part of a survey that you are paid for then it's a pretty thin line to paying for actual votes, right?

No, it's not saying you should or shouldn't vote. It's saying that after election day, they will ask you to fill a survey, which is optional. That is literally all the invite is saying. In fact, choosing not to vote would be a valid & extremely valuable bit of information.

WHO you vote for is not public information.

THAT you voted, including in any (and if so which) primary, is.

Right, that'd still be an interesting study.

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