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Originally Posted by QuikSand
The constitution still grants the elector the power to cast that ballot... so what state law/penalty/etc would really stand up to that pressure? You going to put the person in jail for 30 years if she breaks the state law?
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I wonder what penalty you even COULD impose without violating the Eighth Amendment there. 30 years in the poke for voting for the "other" candidate would seem like a pretty good candidate for "cruel and unusual punishment" to me.
(Which isn't a poke at you; just general commentary that not only would states have the difficulty of finding a penalty that can stand up to that pressure, but the penalty in question would have to straddle the line between being able to herd the cats AND not running afoul of the Constitution.)