Vote-buying scam
The vote-buying scam
This is perhaps the oldest scam of all electoral frauds since the existence of suffrage. It basically consists of offering someone something in exchange for their vote, usually money or a job position, although it can also be favors to companies, etc.
For the one paying the scam, the most effective way to buy a vote is by using THE MAIL-IN VOTE SCAM. Why? Because the mail-in vote can be collected by the person paying the bribe and the vote can be checked before taking it to the post office. Otherwise, the vote buyer would never have absolute certainty that the bought voter does not change their vote at the last moment at the polling station.
If you want to hear how a mail-in vote is bought, listen to how they were bought in Mojácar, Almería, where, regardless of these recordings, the Popular Party keeps winning the elections. The audio reveals how, in exchange for voting by mail, a job is promised.
Other examples:
2019-04 Coalition for Melilla shows how the PP trades votes in exchange for jobs
The main opposition party has leaked to 'Público' hidden camera footage showing the son of Juan José Imbroda, PP candidate for the Senate, negotiating more than a hundred votes in exchange for a permanent job for the facilitator. The party warns it will submit its investigation to the Prosecutor's Office.
2016-12-15 A recording implicates the mayor of the Gran Canaria municipality of Mogán in vote buying
"A conversation presented to the Justice reveals the plot woven by Onalia Bueno's party, Ciuca Mogán, to win the May 2015 elections. Businessman Luis Oller, owner of Aguas de Arguineguín, allegedly gave more than 240,000 euros in exchange for contracts with the City Council. José Monzón, known as Pepe 'El Japonés', claims he bought 383 mail-in votes in exchange for money and favors. Monzón admits in a conversation with former mayor Francisco González that 'you have to play dirty, you don’t, but we have to play dirty.' González and the Ciuca campaign member acknowledge that, if it weren’t for vote buying, the party would not have won the elections."
http://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/politica/Onalia_Bueno_compra_de_votos_Mogan_0_590741259.html
http://www.lasexta.com/programas/al-rojo-vivo/noticias/nuevas-grabaciones-confirman-la-compra-de-votos-por-50-euros-en-mogan-a-favor-de-onalia-bueno_201612155852a8130cf27b766cdfb34f.html
2015-05-24 Secretary General of the PP in Fuerteventura reported for vote buying.
"The complainant states that at 9:15 in the morning he witnessed Figueroa handing an envelope to a person to whom he then gave some ballot papers of his political party. He also states that the Popular Party candidate had a larger amount of these ballots in his jacket pocket."
2015-05-21 A judge accepts the PSOE complaint regarding the alleged vote buying by the PP in Seville
"I’m not a politician, but, clearly, the Popular Party is obviously helping us a lot, that’s how it is," says another person in the recording attached to the judicial complaint. Examples of the "help" that Torreblanca residents might receive include "job training, food, clothing" or "paid training courses."
2015-05-06 AUDIO: Vote buying for the PP in San Juan del Puerto (Huelva) in exchange for food bags.
"A recording attached to a complaint shows a local PP member convincing a resident to vote by mail to support the current mayor. During the recording, the resident of the hometown of Minister Fátima Báñez complains that the mayor has not given him a job, and they explain that the mail-in vote 'has more power' for that. The PP in Huelva says it is studying the matter before commenting and sees 'suspicious things.'