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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.
  ŪTMark: Voteauction.com http://rtmark.com/voteauction.html
ŪTMark page about its investment in Voteauction.com.
  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!
  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.
  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?
  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.
  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.
  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.
  CNN: Web site offering to sell votes shut down http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/23/voteauction.shutsdown.idg/
Voteauction.com, a site that enables citizens to sell their votes, shut down Friday amid legal questions.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Slate: Buy This Vote! The Web puts democracy on sale http://slate.com/id/88646/
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.
  Disinformation: Capitol Punishment: Does Voteauction.com Subvert Democracy? http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id505/pg1/
by Alex Burns.
  Salon: Will culture-jam for food http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/voteauction/
The prankster behind the Voteauction.com satire needs your help to pay off his $3,800 legal debt. By Katharine Mieszkowski.
  kuro5hin.org: Dot com ruled by US law? http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2000/11/3/143335/151
Article and forum discussing the implications of InterNIC pulling the European domain vote-auction.com.
  Slashdot: Voteauction.com http://slashdot.org/articles/00/08/17/1459228.shtml
News and discussion forum.
  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.
  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.
  Wired: Voteauction Bids the Dust http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/08/38355
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.

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