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» 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.
   http://www.auctionwatch.com/awdaily/dailynews/august00/4-081800.html

» 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.
   http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/16/internet.vote/

» 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.
   http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/24/internet.vote/

» 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.
   http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/23/voteauction.shutsdown.idg/

» 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.
   http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/18/internet.vote/index.html

» 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.
   http://the.facts.tripod.com/dg000819.htm

» Disinformation: Capitol Punishment: Does Voteauction.com Subvert Democracy?
   by Alex Burns.
   http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id505/pg1/

» 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.
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-248517.html

» Salon.com: Democracy for sale
   Bid for the vote of one U.S. citizen, now on eBay!
   http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/17/vote_sale/

» 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.
   http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/voteauction/

» Slashdot: Voteauction.com
   News and discussion forum.
   http://slashdot.org/articles/00/08/17/1459228.shtml

» 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.
   http://slate.com/id/88646/

» 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.
   http://slate.com/id/92292/

» 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.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/10/14/votes_for_sale_online/

» 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.
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/09/38559

» 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?
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/08/38229

» 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.
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/10/39770

» 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.
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/08/38355

» kuro5hin.org: Dot com ruled by US law?
   Article and forum discussing the implications of InterNIC pulling the European domain vote-auction.com.
   http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2000/11/3/143335/151

» ®TMark: Voteauction.com
   Â®TMark page about its investment in Voteauction.com.
   http://rtmark.com/voteauction.html