BRIBING VOTERS WITHOUT VERIFICATION

This article distinguishes between two types of vote buying mechanisms . If vote choices can be monitored, vote buyers will not discriminate amongst prospective voters, regardless of how they are expected to vot e. If voting is secret, a vote buyer will pay opposition voters not to vote which forces the opposition to pay its own voters to ensure they do vote. This implies the secret ballot may be less effective in curb ing bribery than originally thought.