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> vote buying is ridiculously susceptible even to very halfhearted sting operations. But what would you do after you detect it? Go back to paper elections?
by CodesInChaos 3y ago
> vote buying is ridiculously susceptible even to very halfhearted sting operations.
But what would you do after you detect it? Go back to paper elections?
- pydry 3y agoImprison the offender. Jail time tends to focus the mind. If it's impossible to achieve on a meaningful scale without wearing an orange jumpsuit people won't try.
- CodesInChaos 3y agoWhat if it's an anonymous website that offers to pay anybody (via difficult to trace cryptocurrency) who uploads proof that they voted for a particular candidate/party?
- pydry 3y agoIf you did it on a small scale you'd probably end up like Ross Ulbricht and if you did it on a large scale you'd definitely end up like Ross Ulbricht. That something is theorerically plausible and possible on a small scale doesnt make it practical on a large scale. In an unrelated note I can't understand why anonymous crypto hasnt been banned yet. Illegal money transfers are pretty much the only practical use case. Owning bitcoin is like owning shares in the underground economy.
- kcplate 3y agoThat sounds good, but let’s face it, the threat of prison only seems to be a deterrent for people who are unlikely to intentionally commit a crime in the first place.