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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Except they were careful and never actually said "we will give you money to vote for Harris/against Trump". Paying you to call him a human toilet isn't against that law.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

But the law also includes this language:

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote… or to vote for…

I take that to mean to pay someone to vote, or to vote for someone. And in this case, CAH is definitely paying people to vote.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 weeks ago

The reward is specifically for people to come up with a plan on how they would vote. The reward isn't technically contingent on someone acting on that plan.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Legally speaking they're not paying people to vote, only to do voting-adjacent tasks which is legal

The Register went into the more detail on the legality of it all

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you. Im glad to be wrong, and it’s good to see someone dissecting this issue.

[–] 314xel@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

They're paying people to apologize for not voting last time. What that means is up for the reader. Not the same.