Xatolos@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.world · 25 days agoElon Musk pledges to give away $1m per day to Pennsylvania voterswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down114cross-posted to: bbc@rss.ponder.cat
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minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·25 days agoIf you have to be a registered voter to sign the petition, you’re not paying for someone to register.
minus-squareThunderWhiskers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·25 days agoUnless that individual was not already registered and did so explicitly because you offered them the opportunity to make a million dollars.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·25 days agoThen in that case it wouldn’t be technically against federal election law as I understand it. Offering money or the chance of money to register to vote is the key to being illegal.
If you have to be a registered voter to sign the petition, you’re not paying for someone to register.
Unless that individual was not already registered and did so explicitly because you offered them the opportunity to make a million dollars.
Then in that case it wouldn’t be technically against federal election law as I understand it. Offering money or the chance of money to register to vote is the key to being illegal.