Could you lose your right to vote if you bet on an election?

Source: Vox · Bias: Left

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Could you accidentally gamble away your right to vote? If you live in Wisconsin, and you bought contracts on a prediction market like Kalshi about who would win elections there, you’ve done just that, according to state election officials. And they think that if you vote anyway, you could be prosecuted. “We want voters to […]

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Could you accidentally gamble away your right to vote? If you live in Wisconsin, and you bought contracts on a prediction market like Kalshi about who would win elections there, you’ve done just that, according to state election officials. And they think that if you vote anyway, you could be prosecuted. “We want voters to […]

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