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On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 06:22:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> I would describe your system as “soft corruption”: it seems like, as
> long as you cannot directly tie particular dollar campaign contributions
> to particular votes, anything less than that is perfectly fine.

It used to be cleaner when 'vote early and vote often' was the slogan with 
free shots and beers to keep the voters motivated.