Voter bribery in Wisconsion: Romney buys votes!

[michiganmoon]

Originally Posted by Cinebar

How many cigarettes did each voter get? If it was one or two, then no law was broken because there is a dollar limit - as long as what they handed out had a value of less than a buck, they were fine.

Although, personally, I think giving out cigarettes regardless of the value is in really poor taste - just not illegal, as long as the value was less than a dollar.

I don't even know how much cigarettes cost but I doubt a single cigarette costs over a dollar.

It was a pack of cigarettes and a ride to the polls. Packs of cigarettes in 2000 had to be more than a buck in my estimation then throw in the trip if you can, but I've honestly never smoked even a puff and have no certain guess as to the cost of a pack 12 years ago.

[Cinebar]

Originally Posted by michiganmoon

It was a pack of cigarettes and a ride to the polls. Packs of cigarettes in 2000 had to be more than a buck in my estimation then throw in the trip if you can, but I've honestly never smoked even a puff and have no certain guess as to the cost of a pack 12 years ago.

Well, if this is true, then somebody should have been held accountable - not just for breaking the rules but also for handing out cigarettes.

I have no idea how much a pack of cigarettes cost 12 years ago. I know when I was in high school (many years ago), I played around with the smoking thing briefly and back then a pack cost something like 35 cents (I think I'm remembering that correctly). But that was a long, long, long, long, long, long time ago.