Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were...
by darawk on Monday March 11, 2019 @02:01AM
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None of that makes any kind of sense. You can't risk it when the equilibrium is that bad for you. Remember, to make any appreciable dent in an election outcome, you need to convince thousands of people to vote for you, and not turn you in, despite the 100k reward. There is zero chance of that ever succeeding.
Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were...
by hopler on Monday March 11, 2019 @08:51AM
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If there is a $100k incentive for framing someone for vote buying, people will do it.
Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were...
by darawk on Monday March 11, 2019 @02:31PM
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That's what we have investigative agencies for. We already offer these kinds of monetary incentives to criminals all the time. We also offer them for reporting tax evasion. Seems to work fine there.
Politicians also tend to do all sorts of crazy, risky and/or illegal things to get elected or for personal profit. Nixon and Trump spring readily to mind.
If the reward is large enough, someone will risk it. Sometimes the reward doesn't even have to be large at all -- witness rich celebrities shoplifting, for instance.
People can also be compromised and blackmailed in to committing crimes, or otherwise feel desperate and at the end of their ropes, so they'll try anything.
That's to say that such laws shouldn't be made, but I am skeptical that they'll be enough.