Mike Dimino, a Widener University Commonwealth Law School professor of election law, seems to agree.
It’s unlawful to pay someone to vote, not vote, or vote for a candidate. Giving money to others is not prohibited, he told DailyMail.com. He said that ‘If it were,’
candidates would be barred from contributing to charity, helping the homeless, or tipping a waiter or hairdresser. The issue is whether the payment was for a vote or gratuitous.
Dimino said, ‘Everything I have seen regarding the episode tends to imply that there was no quid pro quo’ Trump undoubtedly desired.
The public-relations advantage of helping a customer cope handle increased food costs, and he implied he might cut prices if elected, but he demanded nothing of the lady for $100.
