jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 29 days agoOfficials are sounding the alarm over Musk’s payments to pro-Trump voters.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1463arrow-down15
arrow-up1458arrow-down1external-linkOfficials are sounding the alarm over Musk’s payments to pro-Trump voters.www.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 29 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareMaskedPanda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·29 days 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-up7arrow-down1·29 days 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…