Romney buys votes in Straw Poll.

Hobbes

Here is the video of supporters voting for him over and over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdCcGWX2SuU

Here is the story on it.

I would of thought this would be illegal?

Moriarty

.. what?

What's the vote for exactly? The guy says its not against the rules, whatever it is? The linked story doesn't really explain anything either.

/sighs

flogen

Yeah, I didn't really understand what was going on there - I assume it's just an unofficial poll like you'd see in a newspaper etc?

What I do know is that the camera man's a moron... unless it's an actual Governmental vote you can't describe it as undemocratic and you can only aportion so much blame to the people who take advantage of the system - the majority should lie with the person who allowed such a flaw in the first place.

Hobbes

From reading around, Straw poll is an "honour based" voting system that has nonbinding results. It is used to bring a topic up for discussion or to prove that a particular person/topic is popular. In US it appears it is used somewhat in determining who should be picked up by the party.

Voting more then once is prohibited, but not enforced. So appears perfectly legal to buy peoples votes and spam the counts, even though it is unethical.

flogen

Hobbes wrote: »

From reading around, Straw poll is an "honour based" voting system that has nonbinding results. It is used to bring a topic up for discussion or to prove that a particular person/topic is popular. In US it appears it is used somewhat in determining who should be picked up by the party.

Voting more then once is prohibited, but not enforced. So appears perfectly legal to buy peoples votes and spam the counts, even though it is unethical.

Aren't the caucuses what determines who the party should pick?

lostexpectation

I guerss those guys voting are with them are just not bothered.
they must be ron paul people behind the camera, remember ron paul people going on about winning or getting second place in straw polls