jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 23 hours agoOfficials are sounding the alarm over Musk’s payments to pro-Trump voters.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down14
arrow-up1450arrow-down1external-linkOfficials are sounding the alarm over Musk’s payments to pro-Trump voters.www.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareMaskedPandalinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·19 hours 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-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·18 hours 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…