Vote Auctions

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• Regional: North America: United States: Government: Elections: Presidential: 2000  (76)
• Regional: North America: United States: Government: Elections: Presidential: 2000: Vote Swapping  (3)
• Society: Politics: Campaigns and Elections: Election Reform: Campaign Finance  (38)

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- Bringing democracy and capitalism closer together. Founded by James Baumgartner (as voteauction.com), produced by ubermorgen.com and helped by ®TMark.

®TMark: Voteauction.com - - ®TMark page about its investment in Voteauction.com.

Disinformation: Capitol Punishment: Does Voteauction.com Subvert Democracy? - - by Alex Burns. (May 20, 2001)

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. (May 18, 2001)

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. (November 13, 2000)

kuro5hin.org: Dot com ruled by US law? - - Article and forum discussing the implications of InterNIC pulling the European domain vote-auction.com. (November 3, 2000)

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. (October 31, 2000)

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. (October 30, 2000)

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. (September 6, 2000)

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. (August 25, 2000)

CNN: Web site offering to sell votes shut down - - Voteauction.com, a site that enables citizens to sell their votes, shut down Friday amid legal questions. (August 23, 2000)

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. (August 23, 2000)

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. (August 22, 2000)

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. (August 19, 2000)

AuctionWatch: Straight Talk from Voteauction.com - - You, the taxpayer who finances the monkey show, now has a chance to partake of the corruption that is politics. (August 18, 2000)

CNN: Web site offers to sell U.S. presidential votes - - A new Web site promises to "bring capitalism and democracy closer together" by auctioning votes in the 2000 presidential election. (August 18, 2000)

Salon.com: Democracy for sale - - Bid for the vote of one U.S. citizen, now on eBay! (August 17, 2000)

Slashdot: Voteauction.com - - News and discussion forum. (August 17, 2000)

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? (August 17, 2000)

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. (August 16, 2000)

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. (May 10, 2000)