Vote buying illegal in the US, but Musk and card game company not breaking law

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Mike Dimino and Alicia Hughes are both law professors and election law experts. They say vote buying is exactly what it sounds like.

"I Voted Early" stickers sit in a bucket by the ballot box at the City of Minneapolis early voting center, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn. In-person voting in the 2024 presidential contest begins Friday in three states, including Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz's home state of Minnesota, with just over six weeks left before Election Day. to people if they refer voters and to those who plan to vote.

It's illegal to buy someone's vote and it's illegal to have your vote bought," Dimino said.offered $47 to people who refer registered voters in swing states to sign a petition supporting free speech and gun rights. Dimino said this is not considered vote buying.Shortly after that offer was made, "Cards Against Humanity" announced it would pay $100 to people who didn't vote in 2020 but make a plan to vote.

Comparing the two, Laroche believes the $100 offer does come closer to crossing the line, but it doesn't go over.it's figure out how, a plan to register to vote, to vote, and then we will pay you whether or not you vote," said Laroche. Hughes said if someone is found guilty of vote buying they could face a $1,000 fine and possibly one to two years in prison.

 

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