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Definitely illegal. However, it'll get a pass like everything else illegal done this election.
by drakonandor 10y ago
Definitely illegal. However, it'll get a pass like everything else illegal done this election.
- bobwaycott 10y agoThis is definitively legal. The Ninth Circuit ruled so in 2007. You're making a strong claim, and you cannot back this claim up at all. Vote-swapping is not a new thing. There's even case law that supports it as a clear exercise of one's First Amendment rights. See Porter v. Bowen. You might not like it, but that has no bearing on its legality.
- drakonandor 10y agoThat site is operating outside in regions outside the Ninth Circuit's jurisdiction, including in places where it is definitively illegal. Apparently I'm not the only one making strong claims today.
- bobwaycott 10y agoSo, you're just doubling down on your claims without providing any kind of counter evidence? Your initial statement was vote-swapping was definitely illegal. Now, you're walking back and revising to say it is definitively illegal in certain regions. What jurisdictions outside the Ninth Circuit have expressly forbidden the practice of vote-swapping? I've performed a cursory search of US laws against vote-pairing and vote-swapping. I have found nothing. Please, share your knowledge of what parts of the US have enacted legislation that makes non-pecuniary pairing/swapping illegal. Based on what evidence I can find, I'm making no strong claims. Please point me in the right direction to revise my understanding, if it is indeed in error.