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Teen offers vote for sale on eBay
Filed under: Teens, In The News, Weird But True
While it is always good to see young people getting involved in the political process, selling your vote on eBay is not the best way to make a difference. Nor is it even remotely legal. This is a fact that 19-year-old Max P. Sanders learned the hard way. The University of Minnesota student offered to sell his vote in the upcoming presidential election to the highest bidder, with a minimum starting bid of $10.
His listing encouraged buyers with the words "Good luck!" and "You're country depends on You!" Perhaps Sanders needs that money for a remedial English class.
Sanders claims the whole thing was a joke, but Minnesota prosecutors aren't laughing. "We take it very seriously. Fundamentally, we believe it is wrong to sell your vote," said John Aiken, a spokesman for the prosecutor's 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.'
Sanders was charged with one count of bribery, treating and soliciting. If found guilty, he faces up to five years in prison a hefty $10,000 fine. The good news is that before the eBay listing was removed, not one person bid on Sanders vote.
His listing encouraged buyers with the words "Good luck!" and "You're country depends on You!" Perhaps Sanders needs that money for a remedial English class.
Sanders claims the whole thing was a joke, but Minnesota prosecutors aren't laughing. "We take it very seriously. Fundamentally, we believe it is wrong to sell your vote," said John Aiken, a spokesman for the prosecutor's 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.'
Sanders was charged with one count of bribery, treating and soliciting. If found guilty, he faces up to five years in prison a hefty $10,000 fine. The good news is that before the eBay listing was removed, not one person bid on Sanders vote.
| Felony; the law is the law. | |
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| Misdemeanor; cut the kid some slack. He didn't hurt anyone. |
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7-07-2008 @ 6:48PM
strangewaysryan said...It doesn't really matter. Who ever he votes for, the Republicans will just rig the election again.
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7-07-2008 @ 6:49PM
jblsus said...Now someone like Rueben, I would vote for. Thank goodness there are still a few out there with common sense. Commons Sense is not nearly so common anymore.
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7-07-2008 @ 6:51PM
jblsus said...To Daskon. Very Very interesting concept.
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7-07-2008 @ 7:05PM
djpaustin said...this is the funniest thing I have read in years. voting , WHAT A JOKE, if is is a crime then every G-D politician needs to be in jail. my vote has no value in this very screwed up country with a bunch a VERY screwed up people. leave the kid alone. america is for sale and we are worried about one vote. god, this country has become a joke
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7-07-2008 @ 6:53PM
dominic said...screw the government. Its all right for them to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy your vote (by the way where does all that money go) but if you try to make fun of it A FELONY FOR YOU harmless and funny thats all it was the prosicuter is a anal retentive pole smoker
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7-07-2008 @ 6:56PM
Mimi said...He said it was done as a joke, and since no harm was done it should be left alone with a warning, or don't let him vote in this election. Now if someone had bid, and he accepted...well then I would say here's a problem for the courts.
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7-07-2008 @ 7:01PM
dominic said...screw the government. Its all right for them to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy your vote (by the way where does all that money go) but if you try to make fun of it A FELONY FOR YOU harmless and funny thats all it was the prosecutor is a anal retentive pole smoker
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7-07-2008 @ 7:02PM
dominic said...screw the government. Its all right for them to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy your vote (by the way where does all that money go) but if you try to make fun of it A FELONY FOR YOU harmless and funny thats all it was the prosicuter is a anal retentive pole smoker
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7-07-2008 @ 7:09PM
cathy rohrscheib said...well it was stupid . how ever it was stated our right so there saying he has no say if it is his vote he should be able to if he want his choice .i know but theres a point its his . an now how would any one know that he voted the way they wanted imposible so . with the lot to choise from i can see his humor sorta never saw an election so bad my self in years pick pick pick
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7-07-2008 @ 7:10PM
BHTHOM said...So what if he sells his vote? It should be his to sell.
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7-07-2008 @ 7:15PM
ABS said...What's the difference? Doesn't big business buy politicians votes? It's all so messed up! We need change!
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7-07-2008 @ 7:38PM
speedbum said...hell politicans sell there votes all the time to oil tycoons if politicians are triing to get you to vote one way or the other why not some one else getting you to vote one way or the other . " he who bribes the best wins the most "
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7-07-2008 @ 7:41PM
samixwasxhere24 said...I think he should never vote again and be sent to another country to see how you don't have the right to vote at all.
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7-07-2008 @ 8:07PM
frejack said...13 month tour of Iraq would do some good.
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7-07-2008 @ 8:18PM
Timothy said..."Smith" lol , and I suppose you are # 5?! I thought the eloquence in how you said that was funny!
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Function: noun
Pronunciation: 'prik
Etymology: Middle English prikke, from Old English prica; akin to Middle Dutch pric prick
1 : a mark or shallow hole made by a pointed instrument
2 a : a pointed instrument or weapon b : a sharp projecting organ or part
3 : an instance of pricking or the sensation of being pricked: as a : a nagging or sharp feeling of remorse, regret, or sorrow b : a slight sharply localized discomfort
4 usually vulgar : PENIS
5 usually vulgar : a spiteful or contemptible man often having some authority
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7-07-2008 @ 8:23PM
Mark said...Everyone Knows you have to go through a lobbiest to buy votes.... Lobbiest are selling out our country, should be a bounty on all lobbiest ,if we were not such a pussy country anymore.
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7-07-2008 @ 8:51PM
basbleu said...I think 8 month in boot camp and a tour of duty in Afganistan, where he can meet young and old dedicated men and woman who will teach him what his vote is worth. What a rotten apple, I hope his parents are proud of him. Felony, please this kid needs a lesson in patriotism and politics and...THE LAW!
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7-07-2008 @ 9:09PM
Scott Hensley said...I think it's rediculous that they are even prosecuting him. At best, he would've made ten or twenty bucks and someone would've gotten two votes. OMFG!!! Let's throw him in jail for five years.and fine him $10,000 and tag him as a convicted felon for the rest of his life!! It's not like the kid was committing conspiracy to rig the election. Still they throw him to the wolves but allow a hacker's organization to offer a major purse to anyone who can show proof that they hacked the system and rigged the national election without penalty....
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7-07-2008 @ 10:44PM
Tee said...What differance does it make, our votes don't count any way, the electoral college is what wins not the popular vote, so let him sell it. Wake up people, YOUR VOTE DOESN'T COUNT! Haven't we learned anything from Gore to Clinton? Our voice is not heard.
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