The point is that now that the culture of sharing has grown such that this many people are violating this law, the entire purpose of the law is logically obviated. After all, if huge numbers of people are sharing their ballots, the intimidation factor kind of goes away. It's just a matter of pride from involved citizens. Criminalizing that pride doesn't make any sense.

Actually not exactly true, because the original idea of intimidation was to keep your boss from telling you Who you could vote for; and if they find out you voted elseway, you get fired. It was supposed to be the reason for all the 'policies' about discussion. The boss tried to tell us that it was illegal for us to discuss who we voted for; I had to explain to him that it was not illegal for me to tell you, it was illegal for him to demand that I tell him, and threatening to fire me I voted differently from him.

Couldn't get that through to him; however the Orin Hatch laws (I learned to hate that man after while) were so written that people could be fined for offering a ride to a polling place. It was supposed to keep someone from 'offering a ride if your voting for so and so'. It was one reason that in the Old days, only Rich people won elections. More money didn't mean you automatically won, but not spending enough would mean you didn't get the name recognition and would lose on that account.

There was also the Poll taxes, perhaps only a dollar, but in those days  a dollar was chunk of change. As always, one party tries to play foul because they think they are fair.

Molly say:
So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.

       

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