On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:18:42AM -0800, Tim May wrote: > On Nov 26, 2003, at 8:10 AM, BillyGOTO wrote: > >> > >>I have no problem with this free choice contract. > > > >You can't sell your vote for the same reason that Djinni don't > >grant wishes for "more wishes". > > A silly comment. I take it you're saying "Because the rules don't allow > it." Or something similar to this. > > The "rules" are precisely what we are discussing.
In this case, the "rules" are implemented as the design requirements for the ballot box under discussion. A snoop-resistant ballot box can give the "rules" some huevos. If I sell you my Kennedy vote and then go into a Snoop-Proof(tm) box and cast it, you won't really be able to tell if I've ripped you off. > And "vote buying" is much more widespread than what happens at the > lowest level we happen to be talking about here, where Alice is paid > $10 to vote for some particular candidate. In fact, vote buying is much > more common and more dangerous at the level of political > representatives. And their ballots are generally not cast behind moldy blue curtains.