Friday, March 2, 2012

Betting on Intrade Can Disqualify Voters

(By Andrew MacKie-Mason)

I ran across an interesting tidbit when looking at voter qualification rules in Wisconsin:
You are ineligible to vote in Wisconsin if you...Have made or become interested, directly or indirectly, in any bet or wager depending upon the result of the election.
It would seem, then, that betting on Intrade or similar sites would, at least in principle, disqualify people from voting in Wisconsin. If enforced, that could have a significant impact on crowd-sourcing projects like Intrade by excluding a significant portion of the voters from a certain state.

Does anyone know if similar requirements exist in other states or if they're ever enforced?
Posted by Andrew MacKie-Mason at 4:00 PM
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2 comments:

  1. Yes, but they can't prove it was me that voted since they didn't verify my identity.

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    1. That would seem to depend on what the standard of proof is and who has the burden of proof, yes? I'm not sure exactly how that would all play out if they tried to disqualify your ballot.

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