Category Archives: vote buying
“Anti-Trump Republicans: Don’t Waste Your Vote. Trade It.”
Vote trading ideas are back, this time on the NYT oped page (John Stubbs and Ricardo Reyes):
Republican voters who refuse to vote for Donald J. Trump are in a bind. They could vote for Hillary Clinton, but that means… Continue reading
“Ladies dispensing doughnuts and coffee to influence voters didn’t warrant a new election”
Westlaw’s headnote of the day.
“Businesses offer perks, freebies in effort to get young people to vote”
Japan Times:
Businesses across the nation used discounts and free services to encourage 18- and 19-year-olds to use their newly granted suffrage to vote in Sunday’s House of Councilors election.
The Upper House election is the first national poll… Continue reading
“Electile Dysfunction: S. Korea Probes Sex Pills-for-Votes Claim”
Daily Mail:
Elderly men in South Korea have allegedly been given erectile dysfunction drugs to buy their votes in legislative elections, prosecutors said Tuesday, announcing an investigation into the suspected breach.
Democrat Backed by Republican IL Gov. Accused of Vote Buying in Chicago
$50 a vote. Inflation!
Uber Discount on Primary Election Day in NH? Kosher!
Alex Seitz-Wald has the scoop.
It does not appear this is limited to voters, and courts have ruled that providing transportation to the polls does not violate anti vote-buying prohibitions. (There was a case some years ago in Alaska… Continue reading
Georgia Mayoral Election Overturned Because of Vote Buying, Other Irregularities
“Marin’s assemblyman wants to legalize ‘ballot selfies’ in California”
The Marin Independent Journal reports.
On why I think this is a very bad idea, see the Selfie is a Threat to Democracy, Reuters Opinion, Aug. 18, 2015
“Can cheap drinks get young adults to vote? One group thinks it’s worth a shot.”
“Philadelphia Residents Could Win $10,000 for Voting”
Federal Judge Who Upheld Indiana Voter ID Law with No Evidence of Fraud Enjoins Ballot Selfie Law Because of No Evidence of Fraud
ACLU of Indiana Targets State Ballot Selfies Law
“Selfies in Voting Booths Raise Legal Questions on Speech and Secrecy”
Erik Eckholm for the NYT:
On Aug. 11, in a 42-page opinion that reviewed the history of ballot secrecy and voter intimidation, Judge Paul Barbadoro of Federal District Court in Concord struck down the law.
The state provided no evidence… Continue reading