Dirty Tricks?

According to this article, Democrat Harry Reid is trying to "steal" the election in Nevada....

What Harry Reid is doing is clearly illegal. Nevada law (NRS 293.700) provides that, “A person who bribes, offers to bribe, or use and other corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence any elector in giving his or her vote or to deter the elector from giving it is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.”

Two days ago, the Democratic Secretary of State announced that voters can be provided "free food" at "voter turnout events." Harry Reid has been offering free food and, according to other reports, some Democratic allies such as teachers' unions are offering gift cards in return for a vote for Reid.

Before we were even able to document the reported infractions to report to the authorities, the Democrat Secretary of State slammed the door shut on preventing this behavior and issued a public statement permitting these ACORN-style tactics. THESE are the kinds of shenanigans that can turn this race.

And he says he's a fair player?? Hmmm......Proven otherwise doesn't seem to help his cause?


Source : www.lasvegassun.com...

reply to post by 2Rotten4u


Shady, but not illegal so long as they do not specifcally request that they vote for Harry Reid. Encouraging people to vote is fine. Now, admittedly, this is shady as all get out and there certainly could be said to be an implied request that they vote for the guy giving them the stuff. However, if they walk the straight and narrow in how they word the offer (and make sure they give out the swag to people who vote republican as well) then they are not technically buy votes.

Besides, if they have established this as a legitimate tactic then I'm sure the Republicans can come up with a few bucks to incentivize their own get out and vote campaign.

reply to post by RobertAntonWeishaupt


True, but as you can see in the above Statute, it is illegal in the state of Nevada to offer anything that would/ or could be suggested as a bribe : Nevada law (NRS 293.700) provides that, “A person who bribes, offers to bribe, or use and other corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence any elector in giving his or her vote or to deter the elector from giving it is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.”