@louis it is very different. it’s explicitly targeting only voters, not customers, immediately before a critical, contested election, with a payout from a person who openly advocates particular candidates. there’s deniability — it’s not explicitly requesting a particular vote — but it’s really, really close. even if it were, one point of a secret ballot is to make such agreements difficult to enforce. that doesn’t mean they’re lawful as gentlemen’s agreements or ingratiations.