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Ace Cassidy
Resident Bohemian
Join date: 5 Apr 2004
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10-21-2004 08:53
See it here . 24-yr old Tim Hubbard of Kansas City, Missouri has been arrested and charged with a misdemeanor after it was learned that he put his vote for US President up to the highest bidder on Ebay. Enraged prosecutor Page Bellamy said the minimum bid for Hubbard's vote was $25. The winner would then be able to tell Hubbard to vote for either Bush or Kerry. "Our right to vote was bought by the blood of our veterans and it's priceless," she said. Hubbard says he was just joking when he put his vote up on Ebay. If convicted, Hubbard could face up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. - Ace
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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10-21-2004 09:01
Talk about anal. Sheesh. Dont these people have real criminals to worry about?
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Korg Stygian
Curmudgeon Extraordinaire
Join date: 3 Jun 2004
Posts: 1,105
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10-21-2004 09:09
You know. I have always wondered how this can be prosecuted before the fact.
What is to stop a person from making the offer to sell his vote to numerous diffeerent people. Takeing their money. and then voting his own way?
Voting is anonymous. How would anyone know who you voted for?
AND how can simply offering your vote for sale be illegal on its face? You are essentially being criminallized for making an offer..... you haven't DONE anything YET.
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Cross Lament
Loose-brained Vixen
Join date: 20 Mar 2004
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10-21-2004 09:11
After all, only corporations and lobby groups are legally allowed to engage in the buy-and-sell of votes. 
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Neehai Zapata
Unofficial Parent
Join date: 8 Apr 2004
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10-21-2004 10:31
Awww crap!
I was really depending on that Kerry vote too.
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Tiger Crossing
The Prim Maker
Join date: 18 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,560
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10-21-2004 11:26
Sometimes the offer is all that it takes to cross the line of legality. It's the whole basis of the "sting" routine. There are countless criminal charges that start with "Intent to..."
In the case of eBay, posting the ad makes him contractually required to follow through on the deal. Until he breaks the contract, he is already breaking the law.
But could I have won and got him to vote for my man, Badnarik? (See sig)
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Wiggle Biggles
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Join date: 18 Oct 2004
Posts: 645
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10-21-2004 11:30
That was a pretty dumbass thing to do.
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