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Paying for votes is illegal almost everywhere. In the US it's up to 5 years jail time. That is done for good reason, you can't waive it away with 'voting secre
by adriancr 2y ago
Paying for votes is illegal almost everywhere. In the US it's up to 5 years jail time.
That is done for good reason, you can't waive it away with 'voting secrecy'.
'voting secrecy' can be defeated pretty quickly by asking the voter to take a picture with phone and report it.
- ndiddy 2y agoWhere I live it's illegal to use a camera within 100 feet of a voting booth to protect the privacy of people's votes. If you tried to take a photo of your ballot, you'd likely get asked by a poll worker to put the camera away.
- adriancr 2y agoyou need some imagination, this is something that has happened. you have a phone and the voting booth is private, how is anyone going to catch you? the other old school (90s) way was you were given an already stamped paper and you had to return an unstamped one to get the money. or if you want to go communist old school, you had people looking at you through holes in ceiling.
- int_19h 2y agoThe old-school Soviet approach is to run one candidate uncontested. After all, if they are endorsed by the Party, why do you think you can do a better job, citizen?
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