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" MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) -- A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor. University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a felony Thursday in Hennepin County District Court after allegedly asking for a minimum of $10 in exchange for voting for the bidder's preferred candidate. "Good luck!" Sanders wrote under the eBay handle zepdrummer612. "You're (sic) country depends on You!" Sanders was charged with one count of bribery, treating and soliciting under an 1893 state law that makes it a crime to offer to buy or sell a vote. According to a criminal complaint, the Minnesota secretary of state's office learned about the offering on the Web site and told prosecutors. Investigators sent a subpoena to eBay and got information that led to Sanders. The student told investigators he made the eBay posting, adding, "That was a joke. It's no longer listed," according to the complaint. "We take it very seriously. Fundamentally, we believe it is wrong to sell your vote," said John Aiken, a spokesman for the office. "There are people that have died for this country for our right to vote, and to take something that lightly, to say, 'I can be bought.'"

Since so many tww'ers were talking about auctioning off their votes....

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/04/ebay.vote.ap/index.html

7/4/2008 11:44:59 PM

old

[Edited on July 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM. Reason : sorry, had to do it ]

7/4/2008 11:45:21 PM

i understand where they are coming from, and this kid is a dumb shit

but they are taking it a little too far pressing charges

7/4/2008 11:46:58 PM

^^ shutup you

7/4/2008 11:47:24 PM

the law

THIS IS OUR DEMAND

7/4/2008 11:47:54 PM

and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free

7/4/2008 11:48:24 PM

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"^^ shutup you "

7/4/2008 11:54:06 PM

meh votes don't matter enough to buy someone else's.

7/4/2008 11:55:48 PM

duh, you have to sell your vote AND a paperclip so it's not scalping voter fraud

7/5/2008 12:00:00 AM

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"The scarcely used law had its heyday in the 1920s, when many people sold their votes in exchange for liquor, Assistant County Attorney Pat Diamond said."

7/5/2008 10:08:34 AM

He's just copying NCSU

7/5/2008 10:11:45 AM

minnesota probably has a half of an electoral vote anyways.

7/5/2008 11:21:17 AM

so how do you prove you voted how someone else wanted you to anyways??

7/5/2008 11:22:14 AM

damn, thats even crazier than the time the ncsu police got oooowned

7/5/2008 11:27:43 AM

Doesn't some dumbass do this EVERY election cycle?

7/5/2008 12:57:42 PM

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"Fundamentally, we believe it is wrong to sell your vote"

Bullshit - this is a capitalist and supposedly democratic society. You might not like it, but there shouldn't be anything wrong it.

7/5/2008 1:08:14 PM