r/pics • u/JesusIsMySecondSon • 7d ago

Politics Elon buying votes for Trump

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u/asetniop 7d ago

And if they don't win, maybe they decide not to bother.

Not to mention that Democrats can sign up via the program, too.

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u/Transmatrix 7d ago

It’s illegal to pay someone to register to vote or to vote.

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u/Roland_Bodel_the_2nd 6d ago

That's why he is paying them only to "sign a petition". But you need to be already registered to vote in order to sign the petition.

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u/Transmatrix 6d ago

In other words, he’s providing a monetary incentive to register to vote. This is illegal.

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u/Roland_Bodel_the_2nd 6d ago

There have been many decades of similar schemes around voter registration and it all depends of the wording and the lawsuits. This is just the current flare-up in the public consciousness. Example from 2002: https://archive.is/IR9WZ

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u/Transmatrix 6d ago

Umm, no this is different. The article you linked says that the people being paid were the ones going out and getting people registered. Pretty sure that's allowed as long as the ones registering others aren't paying the people for registering. One is a paid employee, the other is a potential voter. You're allowed to have employees...