@jeffw to politics • 2 months agoOfficials are sounding the alarm over Musk’s payments to pro-Trump voters.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square21arrow-up1463arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1458arrow-down1external-linkOfficials are sounding the alarm over Musk’s payments to pro-Trump voters.www.motherjones.com@jeffw to politics • 2 months agomessage-square21cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•2 months agoNot a lawyer but with a search, I found 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting; more details at: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
minus-square@errerlinkEnglish6•2 months agoThat criminalizes paying for votes, it’s not clear that this scheme (ethically problematic as it may be) violates the letter of this law…
Not a lawyer but with a search, I found 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting; more details at: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
That criminalizes paying for votes, it’s not clear that this scheme (ethically problematic as it may be) violates the letter of this law…