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I wonder if his actions managed to change the outcome of any election.
by izzydata 4y ago
I wonder if his actions managed to change the outcome of any election.
- sparrish 4y agoHe clearly thought so or he wouldn't have taken the risk/spent the money.
- oliv__ 4y agoWould he get bribed if they didn't?
- mikeyouse 4y agoHe was changing on the order of 40 votes at a single precinct for local judgeships in primary elections.. It could have swung things but only for very small races when there's exceptionally low turnout.
- jl6 4y agoMakes you wonder what the point was if it was so lacking in impact.
- mikeyouse 4y agoThe plea agreement makes it sound like he was trying to get local judges elected who were using his consulting services -- so he was bribing some small fish with a few thousand dollars to get people elected to local office to get further consulting business. Gross and obviously illegal but not remotely relevant to the broader election security discussion.
- dsaavy 4y agoWonder what that small of a change would do for the right location in a Presidential election... Maybe like the year 2000 for Florida where Bush won by just over 500 votes lol.
- imiric 4y agoIt's a small drop in the bucket of corruption that plagues the US election system. It likely has little impact compared to other well known forms of fraud: gerrymandering, lobbying, ads / social media, etc. The fact these are all known yet nothing is done to change things means that those in power have no incentive to do so, and the public doesn't care or is misinformed enough to not care about it.