Would you permanently forego your right to vote in exchange for a large amount of money?

Of course you take the money & enjoy a lifetime of paying others to vote your way. As the slogan went around in Chicago: Vote early & vote often!

Given the disconnect between the voters and the government, that money would give me more political power than ten million votes, so start counting that money.

Would you guys still stay in America, or would you choose to jump ship?

I would sell my right to vote for 100 bucks. 10 if I was drunk enough.

And I have voted every time I could.

@johnpowell Every time you could? Does that mean more than once per election?

Well, if they can add some zeros to that amount they can, not that the vote really means anything now, but I would still want to get premium coin for it.

@jerv :: I am a upstanding citizen and only vote once.

@DrasticDreamer = excellent question!
For as many people who died or were nearly killed, both men and women, in order for me to have the right to vote?
I would choose vote. Every time.
Do I question whether my vote counts at all, sometimes? Yes.
But, does that one vote make some difference? Yep.
Could I use the greenage? Well, of course. You’d be surprised.
But I lost family in those fights.
Do I cancel out what they died for?
No.
I’d vote.
( no halos or gold stars- just how I feel and believe…)

I would probably remain here. It’s frightening to realize that half a million dollars ain’t what it used to be.

I wouldn’t sell my right to vote. Women died to ensure that I could go to a polling booth and register my vote. And there are men and women across the world who still don’t have that right.

I wouldn’t. It’s a little like selling your soul.

No.

I’d like to say no, but the truth is I’m not absolutely sure. Significant money would make a huge difference in my life (not for fancy things and such, just health issues, mostly). If I had to stay here and be uncounted, I still don’t think I’d do it. If I could take the money and move to Canada? It would be damn tempting.

I’d take the money, skip the country with my family, and renounce my citizenship.

If I could set the price, SURE, better get another brief case though.

500k is not that much, IMHO. Not that it’s not a nice piece of change, but it’s not that much on the scale of things. If I’m going to be alive another 35 – 40 years, that’s a lot of years of missing a vote for what will be even less money in 40 years (what will 500k be worth in 40 years? Even less).

What good is money when you are in a concentration camp?

@ARE_you_kidding_me What good is forfeiting the money if you wind up in a concentration camp anyways?

Since it has been shown time and time again that the electronic voting machines can be hacked and since the media and other large corporations have such a stranglehold on our political process, I would be more than happy to sell my vote. It also makes more sense since I do not subscribe to the two party system, and it appears that an independent wont be winning any important seats anytime soon (with the exception of Sen. Sanders Senate seat).

Honestly, I’m glad not to have the choice. Despite knowing the right thing to do (not give up my vote), I’m just not sure I’d be able to pass up the $$ given my financial situation.

For all of its flaws, I would still be reluctant to abandon the country. Realistically, there is of course an amount of money I’d be willing to accept if it guaranteed escape from the eternal cudgel of financial shortfall hammering at so many who matter to me. There’s this perception I have of so many that I know struggling to stay afloat. It’s omnipresent, but I can’t figure out whether my outlook is accurate or merely the sour pessimism involved with growing old. Then there are the distortions to reality engendered by the real estate situation here. It’s like a creeping devastation watching the very character being choked out of a monument to diverse viability. My town daily becomes more akin to some sort of spiritual rust belt.

Since I can set my own price….($5,000,000) and that the electoral college decides presidential elections and super delegates choose the primary winners and losers my vote is essentially meaningless so why not take the money and run.

I’d use the cash to fund the numerous rises in wages our dear house staff are so terribly fond of.

One could argue that we already have. In the US many of us live in gerrymandered congressional districts and out politicians have been bought and paid for by corporate interests. The powers keep us ‘happy’ by selling electronic trinkets and powerful drugs.

I don’t think that this is a “would you?” question. It’s already there.

Yeah, but in this fantasy world I actually benefit from my vote losing any meaning.

This question allows me to vote with my feet and leave.

Sign the check.

@Seek At least get out of Florida. There are still places in the country displaying a MUCH more enlightened attitude regarding the welfare of children (as well as their parents)

I myself am not positive what my answer would be. I could use the money, and I’m not fond of America in general, so if I could move somewhere like Canada and vote there… I might. However, I can’t say that I’d do it, because I also believe in trying to change things for the better, even though I’m cynical and it seems impossible in this country.