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by jack9 10y ago
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/net_election/2000/11/is_voteswapping_legal.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/net_election...
Technically, tampering. Yet-to-be-adjudicated in the same way as someone doing something illegal doesn't always get prosecuted because stare decisis (or political backlash) is so crazy-overused that you rather avoid going forward than lose on technnicalities or by a small margin.
- bobwaycott 10y agoSwapping your vote is not technically tampering. And the practice has been adjudicated. See Porter v. Bowen. Of course, since that was only an Appeals Court ruling and not SCOTUS, the legality is strictly dependent upon your state and whether it has laws on the books expressly prohibiting swapping. But, those laws could be challenged if one desired to put Porter v. Bowen to the test. PS: The article you linked dates from 2000. Porter v. Bowen was in 2007. You really ought to check the dates on things you read. A lot has changed in 16 years. Look at Citizens United.