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Because the people you pay could just take the money and then cast the (secret) vote the other way. Secret voting is what prevents buying votes today.
by dagss 9y ago
Because the people you pay could just take the money and then cast the (secret) vote the other way. Secret voting is what prevents buying votes today.
- soVeryTired 9y agoOn the other hand, advertising is something like a means of buying votes. But the authors have assumed the possibility of influencing other voters away.
- Toboe 9y agoCould. With a better choice you can get a better chance: 1. Take an organization working for your cause, 2. identify a subset of org members you assume to be zealous enough for your taste 3. give all of them some money Now: Your vote can be bought once Then: Your vote can be bought arbitrarily often with diminishing returns.