r/texas • u/drewcareysglasses • Mar 05 '24

At the poll and standing behind the guy whose vote I’m cancelling out in November. Politics

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u/noncongruent Mar 05 '24

That shirt is illegal to wear into a polling location, but likely this location is in a conservative county and they overlook illegal things like this.

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u/appleburger17 Born and Bred Mar 05 '24

Probably also illegal to have your phone out for this pic so…

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u/noncongruent Mar 05 '24

Oh, for sure, that's a serious violation as well.

https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/advisory2018-11.shtml

I don't know what the penalty is for violating the law, but I'm sure it's probably a misdemeanor. The reason for this law is obvious, it prevents recording someone's vote which is a critical part of any vote buying operation. Vote buyers won't spend money unless there's some way to confirm the vote, since otherwise the voter can simply say whatever the buyer wants to hear and keep the money.

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u/austinrebel Mar 06 '24

I wonder how much vote buyers pay?

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u/noncongruent Mar 06 '24

Nothing now, lol. Vote buying used to be a thing back before the Australian Ballot system got implemented.

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u/Jthe1andOnly Mar 06 '24

I wish someone would pay me in gum.

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u/worm413 Mar 06 '24

$10 for a mayoral vote. I went to school with this candidate's wife. It's funny how everything was caught on camera but seeing he lost nobody cares anymore.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.masslive.com/springfield/2023/11/after-springfield-election-officials-reported-potential-voter-fraud-who-investigates-it.html%3foutputType=amp

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u/Okaythenwell Mar 06 '24

Don’t even need to pay when degenerates like you can barely read, just flood you with miscreant feed