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Vote-auction.net
Bringing democracy and capitalism closer together. Founded by James Baumgartner (as voteauction.com), produced by ubermorgen.com and helped by ®TMark.
http://vote-auction.net/
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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.
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/voteauction/
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Disinformation: Capitol Punishment: Does Voteauction.com Subvert Democracy?
by Alex Burns.
http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id505/pg1/
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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.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/10/14/votes_for_sale_online/
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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.
http://slate.com/id/88646/
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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.
http://slate.com/id/92292/
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News.com: eBay pulls auction for U.S. presidency
With confusion increasing over who will be the 43rd president of the United States, one eBay auctioneer had put the presidency up for bid.
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-248517.html
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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.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/10/39770
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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.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/09/38559
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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.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/08/38355
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