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For those wondering, yes, it's legal:
https://www.thewrap.com/yes-its-perfectly-legal-to-swap-votes/
Yay! Thanks for the source, I've been wondering about that myself.
Nice! That links to this Vox article, https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/3/13478042/third-party-clinton-vote-trading
That article has this brilliant gem in it,
So a swing state voter doesn't even have to accept reduced voting power in this bargain. Instead, the swing state voter pairs with a pair of Dem voters in safe states, so their preferred third party candidate gets more votes overall than if they hadn't swapped. This is quite the deal sweetener.
Oh, and to help convince the swing voter,
Since funding is based on popular vote (I guess nationwide popular vote) it doesn't matter on swing vs safe state, one vote counts as one no matter where from.
So multiple people voting in safe states for the 3rd party gets them closer to funding than if the swing state voter voted for the 3rd party. So exchanging multiple safe state votes for a single swing state vote could really help that 3rd party out..
Wow... I read the headline and clicked through to see how illegal it was. I did not expect this. This is freaking brilliant.