Unhinged Stopa 🏳️🌈@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agoCards Against Humanity continue to bring good into the worldsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageCards Against Humanity continue to bring good into the worldsopuli.xyzUnhinged Stopa 🏳️🌈@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months 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-square🅿🅸🆇🅴🅻@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThey’re paying people to apologize not voting last time. Not the same.
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months 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-up0·9 months agoThank you. Im glad to be wrong, and it’s good to see someone dissecting this issue.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months 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.
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.
They’re paying people to apologize not voting last time. Not the same.
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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.
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.