Poll of the Day > My friends dad offered me $20 to vote for Trump

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MasterChiefer
10/08/20 4:33:08 PM
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Eh, I guess $20 is $20.
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Mead
10/08/20 4:36:19 PM
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SpeedDemon20
10/08/20 4:37:01 PM
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Buying votes is a felony.

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SunWuKung420
10/08/20 4:44:24 PM
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That's illegal.

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CaptainStrong
10/08/20 4:45:08 PM
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Call the police!
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Ogurisama
10/08/20 4:46:10 PM
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Lokarin
10/08/20 4:51:44 PM
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What is the actual value of a vote?

Don't just say priceless, that doesn't help. Voting power must have a quantifiable value otherwise people wouldn't opt to not vote - the effort of voting exceeds their perceive value of voting.

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Zeus
10/08/20 5:00:43 PM
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Which is illegal, although small enough that nobody would probably bother with it since it's a single person and we don't even see enforcement on larger-scale illegal activities like compensating people to vote through discounted or free food.

SpeedDemon20 posted...
Buying votes is a felony.

Well, it's illegal, I'm not sure what the crime is classified as.


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BADoglick
10/08/20 5:06:43 PM
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Lokarin posted...
What is the actual value of a vote?

Don't just say priceless, that doesn't help. Voting power must have a quantifiable value otherwise people wouldn't opt to not vote - the effort of voting exceeds their perceive value of voting.

For me, an ounce of weed and one of them yards of Twix might do it

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Zeus
10/08/20 5:29:51 PM
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Lokarin posted...
What is the actual value of a vote?

Depends on where it's cast and how close the margins are. `In some areas it's either worthless or worth relatively little because it's all but decided anyway. In the purplest area of a hotly contested swing state, I'm sure people might be willing to pay $1k each, considering how much money is spent on advertising in those states. Keep in mind that some states were decided by fewer than 5k votes. That'd only be $5m (or less, if they were going to vote for the other party).

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Phantom_Nook
10/08/20 5:56:11 PM
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I'd take the money and not vote for him anyway.

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thedeerzord
10/08/20 5:58:30 PM
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Didn't Trump offer voters a $100 if they voted for him?

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Krow_Incarnate
10/08/20 6:05:59 PM
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My mom offered me $20.00 to vote for Biden lol

I must admit, this is the first election where I've been tempted to vote.

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blu
10/08/20 6:15:25 PM
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the first time I voted they let me dad with me into the polling station to help me so I voted straight republican to not get kicked out
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LinkPizza
10/08/20 6:25:32 PM
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blu posted...
the first time I voted they let me dad with me into the polling station to help me so I voted straight republican to not get kicked out

That sucks...
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FatalAccident
10/08/20 6:28:37 PM
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its illegal? Really?

yeesh talk about fun police

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Zeus
10/08/20 7:10:00 PM
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Krow_Incarnate posted...
I must admit, this is the first election where I've been tempted to vote.

Even knowing that my vote doesn't matter, I still vote every election when able.

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Mead
10/08/20 7:12:23 PM
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My vote is worth $31

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FatalAccident
10/08/20 7:21:05 PM
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Zeus posted...
Even knowing that my vote doesn't matter
Why vote if your vote doesnt matter

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Sonicplys
10/08/20 7:26:39 PM
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TC is on the list of people who ruined this country....annnnd recorded.

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Wanded
10/08/20 7:35:46 PM
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Sonicplys posted...
TC is on the list of people who ruined this country....annnnd recorded.
you gonna doxx and cancel him like a good liberal?

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darkknight109
10/08/20 7:47:02 PM
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Take the $20, then vote for whoever you want.

If someone's dumb enough to make a bargain that is both illegal and impossible to verify, they honestly don't deserve to have that money in the first place.

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Fierce_Deity_08
10/08/20 8:18:34 PM
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Heck, I would take that deal. You couldnt pay me enough to vote for Biden though.

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Revelation34
10/08/20 8:28:47 PM
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FatalAccident posted...
its illegal? Really?

yeesh talk about fun police


Only if it was an government official doing it. Something like this wouldn't be illegal.
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Kyuubi4269
10/08/20 8:39:44 PM
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Lokarin posted...
What is the actual value of a vote?

Don't just say priceless, that doesn't help. Voting power must have a quantifiable value otherwise people wouldn't opt to not vote - the effort of voting exceeds their perceive value of voting.

The answered it yourself, it's subjective, like all products.
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darkknight109
10/08/20 10:44:02 PM
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Revelation34 posted...
Only if it was an government official doing it. Something like this wouldn't be illegal.

US Code Title 18 Section 597 reads as follows:

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and
Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597

So yes, it is 100% illegal, whether you are a government official or not. If it wasn't, billionaire donors wouldn't bother to toss their money at advertising or super PACs, they'd just pay off voters in swing states to influence the results.

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