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Banea-Vaedr t1_j47g7di wrote

Reply to comment by Dangerousrhymes in Judge rejects former mayor's claim that election rival buttered up voters with pastries by N2929

The line between campaigning and bribery is thin

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Dangerousrhymes t1_j47gb2r wrote

If pastries are enough to swing voters we have bigger problems.

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Banea-Vaedr t1_j47gepq wrote

The question is where the line between campaigning and bribery is, because it truly has not been made clear.

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Dangerousrhymes t1_j47hqkq wrote

Probably depends on the context. The way I see it it works like this.

“You can have these pastries if you agree to vote for me” = Bribe

“Come to our campaign event, we will have snacks” = Not a Bribe

There seems to be a lot of other controversy around this campaign/candidate but buying coffee, tea, and six cinnamon rolls from the establishment hosting your event for the people coming to the event seems like an incredibly low threshold for bribery.

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PlutoTheGod t1_j47nesf wrote

It’s pretty funny that if you did this to scale it probably would work. Most local votes people have absolutely no fucking clue who the names are for many positions. If you simply were remembered as “that person who gave me a chocolate eclair” you’d probably win by landslide without ever doing any campaigning lmfao

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