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Quite sure this is electoral fraud and illegal. Downvoted.

moate 7y ago
Probably not? You vote where your primary/legal residence is. If you stay somewhere long enough, that's your primary residency. Congrats, you're now a legal resident and able to vote! Now if you don't actually establish Georgia as your legal residence, that's a whole other animal. But there's nothing stopping someone who rents in LA from ending their lease, moving to Georgia for 6 months, working remotely and voting in the GA election. And what they do with their life after the election is their choice. Is this a moral gray area? Yea, probably. Is this a legal gray area? No, it's pretty well settled. https://www.vote.org/voter-registration-rules/ https://www.vote.org/voter-registration-rules/ https://www.infoplease.com/us/government/elections/residency-requirements-for-voting https://www.infoplease.com/us/government/elections/residency...
- jcranmer 7y ago
  18 USC §597 says: > Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. While it would be legal to switch your residence to a different state to vote tactically, it is definitely against the law to pay someone to do that (and to be paid to do that, too).
  - deleted 7y ago
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  - macintux 7y ago
    echelon made no offer of any expenditure, so your point is valid but orthogonal. Update: It’s also unclear that enticing someone to move and paying them to do so falls within that definition, because you’re not paying them to vote or withhold a vote. They’re free to vote, or not, as they see fit.
  - hoppla 7y ago
    You have been relocated to prison in state X. Please vote
  - Aloha 7y ago
    It's perfectly legal to recruit someone thru very careful Facebook advertising of just the right ideology and demographics and then offer to relocate them. So long as you don't discuss voting, or how they will vote it's not electioneering.
rolltiide 7y ago
You can trade votes though.

Probably not? You vote where your primary/legal residence is. If you stay somewhere long enough, that's your primary residency. Congrats, you're now a legal resident and able to vote! Now if you don't actually establish Georgia as your legal residence, that's a whole other animal. But there's nothing stopping someone who rents in LA from ending their lease, moving to Georgia for 6 months, working remotely and voting in the GA election. And what they do with their life after the election is their choice. Is this a moral gray area? Yea, probably. Is this a legal gray area? No, it's pretty well settled. https://www.vote.org/voter-registration-rules/ https://www.vote.org/voter-registration-rules/ https://www.infoplease.com/us/government/elections/residency-requirements-for-voting https://www.infoplease.com/us/government/elections/residency...

jcranmer 7y ago
18 USC §597 says: > Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. While it would be legal to switch your residence to a different state to vote tactically, it is definitely against the law to pay someone to do that (and to be paid to do that, too).
- deleted 7y ago
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- macintux 7y ago
  echelon made no offer of any expenditure, so your point is valid but orthogonal. Update: It’s also unclear that enticing someone to move and paying them to do so falls within that definition, because you’re not paying them to vote or withhold a vote. They’re free to vote, or not, as they see fit.
- hoppla 7y ago
  You have been relocated to prison in state X. Please vote
- Aloha 7y ago
  It's perfectly legal to recruit someone thru very careful Facebook advertising of just the right ideology and demographics and then offer to relocate them. So long as you don't discuss voting, or how they will vote it's not electioneering.

rolltiide 7y ago

You can trade votes though.