Unhinged Stopa 🏳️🌈@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · edit-225 days agoCards Against Humanity continue to bring good into the worldsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1162arrow-down1imageCards Against Humanity continue to bring good into the worldsopuli.xyzUnhinged Stopa 🏳️🌈@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · edit-225 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·edit-225 days agoBut the law also includes this language: Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote… or to vote for… I take that to mean to pay someone to vote, or to vote for someone. And in this case, CAH is definitely paying people to vote.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up28·25 days agoThe reward is specifically for people to come up with a plan on how they would vote. The reward isn’t technically contingent on someone acting on that plan.
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·25 days agoLegally speaking they’re not paying people to vote, only to do voting-adjacent tasks which is legal The Register went into the more detail on the legality of it all
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoThank you. Im glad to be wrong, and it’s good to see someone dissecting this issue.
minus-square🅿🅸🆇🅴🅻@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·edit-225 days agoThey’re paying people to apologize for not voting last time. What that means is up for the reader. Not the same.
But the law also includes this language:
I take that to mean to pay someone to vote, or to vote for someone. And in this case, CAH is definitely paying people to vote.
The reward is specifically for people to come up with a plan on how they would vote. The reward isn’t technically contingent on someone acting on that plan.
Legally speaking they’re not paying people to vote, only to do voting-adjacent tasks which is legal
The Register went into the more detail on the legality of it all
Thank you. Im glad to be wrong, and it’s good to see someone dissecting this issue.
They’re paying people to apologize for not voting last time. What that means is up for the reader. Not the same.
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