Posted on 11/03/2016 1:57:27 PM PDT by TigerClaws
A month ago, Amit Kumar sat in his office, nervously watching the Trump/Clinton polls intersect.
As a Clinton supporter in deeply blue state, the Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur knew his vote wouldn’t do much to affect the outcome. He also knew that elsewhere in the country — particularly in the crucially important swing states — large numbers of third-party votes were tightening the race. Kumar realized that the best way he could help was by getting these third-party swing state residents to vote for Clinton, while still being able to show support for their original candidates.
His solution: “Let them trade votes.”
Kumar launched #NeverTrump — a “marketplace” app where third-partiers in swing states can swap candidates with Clinton supporters in safe states.
This agreement, called vote trading or pairing, is a small but swiftly growing movement playing out across the United States. And at the last minute, it’s shifting hundreds — if not thousands — of third-party votes to Clinton.
Tsunami is coming. Trump will be President.
Like the Carbon Credit scam
They tried this in 2004. This is one to play mischief with
I’ll vote for Hillary if you’ll vote for Trump. OK?
Always trust a guy named ‘Amit’.
How so? People can agree to this if they want to, but it's not a legally binding agreement, and who would know how they actually voted anyway? Dems would probably agree to this then vote for Hillary anyway.
Why am I not worried?
Hillary is bleeding Democrat support. The velocity of outgoing Hillary voters is >> then the velocity of the incoming #nevertrumpers.
Yep or in Cali tell them to vote Stein
Liberetardians are voting for the liberal? NO way... must be all the pot.
I agree. Selling a vote is selling a vote.
The Democrats have had this lie in their playbook for decades. It’s on the same page with college girls willing to give sex to Democrat voters. Bull shiite.
Agit prop. Some truth, a lot of hyperbole....designed to create agitation. Vox is a joke.
Flood it with bogus trades.
Dilute Hillary votes, and then vote Trump.
Problem is participation in any scheme like that is illegal. “It was a joke!” not a defense.
CA voter here. My 18 year old son (also CA) offered to vote for Trump for me if I would vote to legalize marijuana for him. Ha. . .
That deal sounds like a winner to me!
This is not unusual. I’ve heard of people doing this as far back as 1988. So minimal the impact that it hardly makes any difference.
I see nothing illegal in that since you are merely promising to vote for their candidate in exchange for them voting for yours. However, how can the one promising to vote for the 3rd party candidate be trusted to do so, and vice versa? Trump supporters should get in on this and have Hillary voters commit to voting for a 3rd party candidate instead of them voting for Hillary.
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