Category Archives: vote buying
$100 (Legal) Vote Buying in Tribal Election
Buffalo News:
Sometimes, an election vote that is supposed to be secret really isn’t secret at all.
That is what happened last Tuesday, when members of Seneca Nation elected every candidate sponsored by the Seneca Party, according to critics of… Continue reading
“The Counter” Burger Restaurant Could Get in Legal Trouble for Offering Free Fries with “I Voted” Sticker
From my NYT Room for Debate today:
Back in 2008, I noted that Ben and Jerry’s, in an act of civic virtue, promised free ice cream on Election Day to everyone who showed an “I Voted” sticker. But… Continue reading
“Trump Traders: Like Tinder, but for swapping your swing state vote”
McClatchy reports. As I’m quoted saying in the article, I don’t believe the issue of legality is settled, despite the 9th Circuit precedent.
“Republicans For Clinton Launch Vote Trading Website … Is that Even Legal?”
“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