In this paper, we argue that the widespread practice in the United States of busing voters to the polling station on Election
Day is an instance of paying people to vote. We defend a definition of what it means to pay people to vote, and on this
definition, busing voters to the polling station is an instance of paying people to vote. Paying people to vote is illegal
according to United States federal election law. However, the United States courts have historically considered the
practice of busing voters to the polling station legally permissible. The United States legal system, therefore, faces a
dilemma: either the courts must change their interpretation of current federal election law such that busing voters to the
polling station is a violation of federal election law, or federal election law must be changed so that at least some instances
of paying people to vote are legally permissible. We argue that choosing either horn of the dilemma has a controversial
implication for the United States legal system