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How severe of an offense against another person is it to destroy their ballot?
If you were to erase or alter someone’s ballot, how severe of a crime is that offense relative to other crimes in your opinion? Is it worse than stealing a small amount of money from them? a large amount of money? committing a mild assault against them? severe assault? malicious wounding? sexual assault?
Part of me thinks the vote is so precious that disenfranchising/silencing someone is among the most egregious offenses you could commit against another person. The other part remembers that about half the country doesn’t even bother to vote, so it’s not worth much at all to them. I’m curious about your thoughts.
As a follow-up, how much would someone have to pay you hypothetically to not vote in the 2020 election (this is not a solicitation just to be clear)?
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