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> just pay people to move to help their party win If they can disguise it as something else - "Temporary relocation grant to help small communities" or some ot
by rdtsc 7y ago
> just pay people to move to help their party win
If they can disguise it as something else - "Temporary relocation grant to help small communities" or some other made up name, and then ensuring that everyone involved understands the real reason, but nobody leaks it out. But that seems morally and legally wrong. Otherwise, they could just hand out restaurant coupons or prepaid credit cards to local people asking them to vote a certain way? That's cheaper than paying moving costs, rent, and finding jobs for all those people to come from another part of the country.
- lonelappde 7y agoHelping someone move to help elect their party, is quite different from bribing someone to vote against their own preference, especially because ballots are secret and bribes are unenforceable.
- rdtsc 7y ago> bribing someone to vote against their own preference, The preferences are not as strong I suspect. If someone out there offered tens of thousands in relocation packages, stipends, other assistance, I imagine a lot of people would be joining that party, whatever the party is. "Go tell this org that you are voting this way and you need help moving and you get $50k to move to Georgia" you don't think the party won't find a lot of "helpers" all of the sudden. At that point that's not very different than handing out coupons or gift cards locally. Just like you can wrap up the relocation package in a language that makes it "legal", can wrap up handing out gift cards in a similar language. "We just want you to go out and vote, here is a restaurant card, and a free Uber trip, and a free, an amusement park ride tickets,..." etc but you can reach a lot more "voters"t that way.