Social media influencer Tana Mongeau may have broken the law by offering nudes in exchange for Joe Biden votes.
It all began when the YouTuber offered the conditional nudes to her 2.4 million followers, in a tweet that has since been deleted.
Alongside the hashtag "#bootyforbiden", she wrote: "If u send me proof you voted for Biden I’ll send you a nude for free [sic]."
Included in the tweet was the 22-year-old's Only Fans link.
Mongeau later launched the same "Booty for Biden" campaign on her Instagram page, writing in the caption of the risqué post:
"Update #bootyforbiden broke tana uncensored. love to see so many ppl who want change as badly as i do. u don’t need my ass to know what’s right for America so go VOTE! today was fun, ily."
While the YouTuber says the stunt proves that people "want change as badly" as she does, what she perhaps didn't realize is that offering something in exchange for votes actually goes against federal law.
This is what the Cornell Law School website has to say about vote-buying:
"Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and whoever solicits accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
Furthermore, as reported by Vox, it is illegal to take a picture of your ballot in at least 16 states, and doing so could land you with a fine or even jail time.
Fueling this idea that Mongeau did, in fact, break federal law was that she appeared to have temporarily lost her verified status on YouTube. Indeed, the verified symbol seemed to have disappeared shortly after she made the x-rated offer.
It has not been confirmed whether or not "Booty for Biden" was the reason she lost her verified status on YouTube or whether the change is just temporary and based on an entirely separate reason.
