Talk:Vote trading

Ethics

We might add more content about the ethics of vote trading. What I seem to notice is widespread acceptance of the practice, as long as the proposition is not made in an unseemly way. I went to a Ford Fairlane convention where there was contest involving, if I remember correctly, 13 categories of cars, each with a separate prize: categories A through M. A guy whose car was in category G went around to people with cars in the other categories, offering to vote for their car if they voted for him. In that way, he picked up 12 votes, and no one seemed to have a problem with it.

Perhaps one of the reasons why it is accepted is that it's so hard to enforce prohibitions against it. I will look for more info about this. 71.63.91.68 (talk) 16:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Where voting trading is supported by a formal system, such as proxy votes, its no less ethical than forming a party or a coalition of parties. Where its not supported by a formal system, and there is no scrutineering of it, its potentially open to fraudulent promises, which could mean rigging of the trading system ( the promise person A gets is not matched by B getting A's promise.. the people A and B are tricked ??? no trade occurs... ).However since person A wants to vote that way, the formal voting scrutineers do see the vote and they see the wishes of person A... its A's intent. There wasn't a gun pointed at their head. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.91.29 (talk) 12:02, 8 November 2016 (UTC)