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AuctionWatch: Straight Talk from Voteauction.com - http://www.auctionwatch.com/awdaily/dailynews/august00/4-081800.html
You, the taxpayer who finances the monkey show, now has a chance to partake of the corruption that is politics. |
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Vote-auction.net - http://vote-auction.net/
Bringing democracy and capitalism closer together. Founded by James Baumgartner (as voteauction.com), produced by ubermorgen.com and helped by ŪTMark. |
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ŪTMark: Voteauction.com - http://rtmark.com/voteauction.html
ŪTMark page about its investment in Voteauction.com. |
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CNN: Web site offers to sell U.S. presidential votes - http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/18/internet.vote/index.html
A new Web site promises to "bring capitalism and democracy closer together" by auctioning votes in the 2000 presidential election. |
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Wired: Close Vote? You Can Bid on It - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/08/38229
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? |
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News.com: eBay pulls auction for U.S. presidency - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-248517.html
With confusion increasing over who will be the 43rd president of the United States, one eBay auctioneer had put the presidency up for bid. |
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The Register: Votes for sale online in the US - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/10/14/votes_for_sale_online/
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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CNN: Constituent puts vote up for sale on eBay - http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/16/internet.vote/
A Maryland voter protesting political corruption vows to hawk his ballot in the 2000 general election to the highest bidder on the Internet. |
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Daily Gazette: Web site offering votes for sale draws concern - http://the.facts.tripod.com/dg000819.htm
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. |
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CNN: Vote-selling Web site to be revived, possibly offshore - http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/24/internet.vote/
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. |
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Salon.com: Democracy for sale - http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/17/vote_sale/
Bid for the vote of one U.S. citizen, now on eBay! |
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Slashdot: Voteauction.com - http://slashdot.org/articles/00/08/17/1459228.shtml
News and discussion forum. |
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Slate: If eBay Ran the Election - http://slate.com/id/92292/
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. |
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Wired: Selling Votes or Peddling Lies? - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/10/39770
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. |
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Wired: Austrian Takes Bids on U.S. Votes - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/09/38559
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. |