Public disinterest in punishing illegal vote buying means that local prosecutors rarely pursue charges against their fellow elected colleagues….Yet the inclination no matter how small, to blame the most vulnerable citizens for fraud is misdirected…..Any outrage over fraud should be reserved for the candidates who buy their votes, neglect the issues that concern the poor, and studiously refuse to implement policies that could help them.

Public disinterest in punishing illegal vote buying means that local prosecutors rarely pursue charges against their fellow elected colleagues….Yet the inclination no matter how small, to blame the most vulnerable citizens for fraud is misdirected…..Any outrage over fraud should be reserved for the candidates who buy their votes, neglect the issues that concern the poor, and studiously refuse to implement policies that could help them.

– Mary Frances Berry –

Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy

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