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Paying or intimidating for votes is retail corruption. Changing the votes somewhere post ballot is wholesale corruption. I think both are serious problems but t
by hirundo 7y ago
Paying or intimidating for votes is retail corruption. Changing the votes somewhere post ballot is wholesale corruption. I think both are serious problems but that wholesale corruption is somewhat more serious. That's just a gut feeling, informed largely by my bias toward transparency. But I have no contempt for someone whose gut leans the other way.
- danso 7y agoI don't disagree with you in theory, but in practice, a public ballot would likely chill voter behavior whether or not direct payments or bribery were involved. Particularly among groups and organizations like unions and churches. Or hell, your employer and your family.