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I don't think paying somebody to vote is a crime. Telling them to vote for a particular person is, though.
by ARCarr 10y ago
I don't think paying somebody to vote is a crime. Telling them to vote for a particular person is, though.
- gragas 10y agoWhat if you're specifically targeting a demographic or subset of people that are more likely to vote one way than the other?
- r00fus 10y agoAgain, not a crime, or, in my view even ethically hazardous. If voting is such a burden that offering discount on rides improves our voting turnout - sounds to me like that's fixing a problem as opposed to fixing an election. Voting is key to the democratic process. The fact that one party prefers to tell people NOT to vote is more worrying to me than increasing turnout.
- maxerickson 10y agoYes it is. So is accepting the payment. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597 As a sibling to your comment points out, the discount isn't in exchange for voting.
- ARCarr 10y agoThis is good to know! Thanks!