Comment on Elon Musk’s legally problematic $1 million voter giveaway
Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I just heard an NPR piece about an organization that helps people get lower rate mortgages spark controversy over requiring members to vote to retain membership. Someone opposed to that said it may be in violation of federal election law because it would deprive people of a rate discount for not voting, which could be seen as paying for votes.
Meanwhile, this is about as blatantly illegal as it could be
Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com 3 weeks ago
To be fair, the pledge is simply loyalty to specifically the 1st and 2nd amendments, which is already the law of the land.
It’s advocacy for the Bill of Rights.
You could theoretically have a Tim Walz style Democrat claim that they are also upholding the 2nd amendment. It’s just not a talking point for Democrats.