A very odd voting question.

My boyfriend is a giant pessimist when it comes to voting, if that’s the right word to use here… which I doubt. Anyway, his theory is that New Jersey is going to be a blue state no matter how he votes, and since his vote isn’t really going to make a difference, he doesn’t particularly care. He said that if I didn’t register on time, he’d vote for me, since he is registered from a time when he did care. If he truly doesn’t care, and has no intention of voting otherwise, would it be wrong to tell him to vote for me and then go vote behind his back?

He’s right… New Jersey will be blue no matter whether or not he votes. But I think an extra vote in that direction certainly couldn’t hurt, and it’s such a nice offer, you know?

I know this question is completely silly, but the option of being slightly deceitful for the greater good is on the table, and the only way he’s hurt is 10 minutes out of his day. How wrong is it?

I should note, thanks to a lofty response, that I already proposed this little plan to Brad and he laughed and said “you’d be a butt for making me get up earlier if you did that!”