I need legal advice on a civil rights issue. my partner (42F) is Ex-Jehovah's Witness, disabled and at the moment still living with her very believing JW parents. she's expressed a desire to vote recently and she told her Father that she wanted to because she didn't like going behind his back. he said that if she did, then he'd have to tell the elders of his congregation. now to provide context, Jehovah's witnesses do not believe in voting. its actually considered a sin, and a sin that you can get excommunicated (disassociated in their language) for. what this would mean practically, is that she would endanger her housing as she would not be allowed in the same house as them, and it would affect her well being if she does vote. she would also lose contact with her family as they'd be instructed to treat her as if she were dead to them. her father admitted that legally they can't tell her to not vote, but they would punish her if she did. to me this is practically the same thing? the punishment providing a chilling effect on her desire to vote. it is also worth noting that when she was baptized as a minor, she entered into a verbal contract saying that she would obey the laws of the Jehovah's witness governing body and of the organization. yet there is no way to sever that verbal contract without the same punishment as laid out above even though she entered into it as a minor. also, effectively they have trapped her in a religion she no longer believes in.

its also worth noting that the language surrounding this belief against voting frames it as a conscious matter and as a personal choice, but only allows their former members and members one actual real choice because to choose to vote means you lose everything.

it should also be mentioned that she lives in georgia where anyone with a debit card can get voter information. this is another thing preventing her from voting because if they wanted to the Jehovah's witnesses could pull her info and see if she has voted or not.

does this violate her voting rights and her religious right to non-belief? what recourse of any does she have? are there any other right violations? or does this skirt the legal grey area?