Vote-auction.net*Cool Site* - Bringing democracy and capitalism closer together. Founded by James Baumgartner (as voteauction.com), produced by ubermorgen.com and helped by ®TMark.
Salon: Will culture-jam for food - The prankster behind the Voteauction.com satire needs your help to pay off his $3,800 legal debt. By Katharine Mieszkowski.
Slate: If eBay Ran the Election - In the hypothetical future where all votes are traded on the Internet, it's easy to see how bipartisan collusion would line the pockets of politicians at the expense of voters by holding down the price of votes.
Wired: Selling Votes or Peddling Lies? - Did Voteauction.com really solicit bids on American votes, or was it all a mirage? The owner says yes, while the site's creator says no. A judge will decide.
Wired: Austrian Takes Bids on U.S. Votes - Voteauction.com has changed owners as well as modus operandi. And this time, it appears, the prospect of squelching the wrongdoing is going to involve more than a threatening phone call.
CNN: Vote-selling Web site to be revived, possibly offshore - An Internet site designed to auction U.S. presidential votes could reopen days after New York authorities convinced its American creator to shut it down, said a maverick Austrian businessman who bought the domain name.
Slate: Buy This Vote! The Web puts democracy on sale - The schemes generated a lot of media attention and some sellers and buyers-the bidding on eBay reached $10,100, and Voteauction found 200 takers in a single day.
Wired: Voteauction Bids the Dust - Last week, Voteauction received a spate of publicity that began with a Wired News story. Two days of intense press and Internet attention followed, which concluded in legal threats that compelled its operator to shut it down.
Daily Gazette: Web site offering votes for sale draws concern - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate student James Baumgartner says he's doing a service to the country with his new Web site Voteauction.com by encouraging participation in elections.
Wired: Close Vote? You Can Bid on It - If citizens do indeed find the choice between Gush and Bore meaningless, the proprietors of Voteauction.com say, why not at least make a little cash on the side?
CNN: Constituent puts vote up for sale on eBay - A Maryland voter protesting political corruption vows to hawk his ballot in the 2000 general election to the highest bidder on the Internet.
The Register: Votes for sale online in the US - Chicago's gangster ridden past has come back to haunt city officials with the appearance of a new website - Voteauction.com, where people can register to sell their vote to the highest bidder.
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