Vote Auctions (Culture Jamming)

Vote Auctions Sites:

News.com: eBay pulls auction for U.S. presidency 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. (Vote Auctions) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3664281.html FSB: American Cynicism, 101 FSB: American Cynicism, 101: In the old days, you could rig an election by raising the dead and getting them to the polls. Student James Baumgartner wants to change the rules, by offering disinterested citizens a chance to auction their ballots online. (Vote Auctions) http://www.fsb.com/fortunesb/articles/0,2227,966,00.html Cape Rock: The Going Rate For A Presidential Vote? $152 on eBay. Cape Rock: The Going Rate For A Presidential Vote? $152 on eBay.: Fake news article about eBay vote auction which may have inspired some of the real auctions. (Vote Auctions) http://www.thecaperock.com/apr00/vote-auction.shtml FCW: Chicago wants Voteauction gone FCW: Chicago wants Voteauction gone: The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners said it has asked federal and state attorneys to shut down a Web site that offers votes to the highest bidder. (Vote Auctions) http://www.fcw.com/civic/articles/2000/1009/web-vote-10-10-00.asp Wired: Austrian Takes Bids on U.S. Votes 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38559,00.html cluebot.com: Internic Pulls Plug on Vote-Auction.com cluebot.com: Internic Pulls Plug on Vote-Auction.com: News brief and archived discussion. (Vote Auctions) http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/03/1852255&mode=nested ®TMark: Voteauction.com ®TMark: Voteauction.com: ®TMark page about its investment in Voteauction.com. (Vote Auctions) http://rtmark.com/voteauction.html kuro5hin.org: Dot com ruled by US law? kuro5hin.org: Dot com ruled by US law?: Article and forum discussing the implications of InterNIC pulling the European domain vote-auction.com. (Vote Auctions) http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2000/11/3/143335/151 Daily Gazette: Web site offering votes for sale draws concern 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. (Vote Auctions) http://the.facts.tripod.com/dg000819.htm Salon: Will culture-jam for food 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/voteauction/ Wired: Thousands Sign Up to Sell Votes Wired: Thousands Sign Up to Sell Votes: Boasting of the more than 6,000 Americans who have signed up to auction off their presidential votes to the highest bidder -- illegal activity under the laws of every state in the union -- Voteauction is now detailing its plans to begin an outreach campai (Vote Auctions) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38931,00.html Vote-auction.net Vote-auction.net: Bringing democracy and capitalism closer together. Founded by James Baumgartner (as voteauction.com), produced by ubermorgen.com and helped by ®TMark. (Vote Auctions) http://vote-auction.net/ Slate: Buy This Vote! The Web puts democracy on sale 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. (Vote Auctions) http://slate.msn.com/id/88646/ USA Today: Votes up for auction draw official inquiries USA Today: Votes up for auction draw official inquiries: Pranks or not, legal officials and election watchdogs are taking seriously the recent attempts to buy and sell political votes on the Internet. (Vote Auctions) http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/jk082300.htm Wired: Voteauction Booth is Closed Wired: Voteauction Booth is Closed: The vote buy-and-sell website shuts down after a district court in Illinois slaps it with an injunction. Accused of illegally trafficking votes, its creator now says the whole thing was a joke. (Vote Auctions) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39590,00.html Wired: Selling Votes or Peddling Lies? 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39770,00.html Wired: Chicago to Sue Vote Auctioneers Wired: Chicago to Sue Vote Auctioneers: Election officials in Chicago are expected to file suit after finding more than 1,000 Illinois residents have signed up to auction off their presidential votes. (Vote Auctions) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39431,00.html CNN: Constituent puts vote up for sale on eBay 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/16/internet.vote/ Salon.com: Democracy for sale Salon.com: Democracy for sale: Bid for the vote of one U.S. citizen, now on eBay! (Vote Auctions) http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/17/vote_sale/ CNN: Vote-selling Web site to be revived, possibly offshore 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/24/internet.vote/ CNN: Web site offers to sell U.S. presidential votes 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/18/internet.vote/index.html AuctionWatch: Straight Talk from Voteauction.com 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.auctionwatch.com/awdaily/dailynews/august00/4-081800.html Slashdot: Voteauction.com Slashdot: Voteauction.com: News and discussion forum. (Vote Auctions) http://slashdot.org/articles/00/08/17/1459228.shtml Wired: Voteauction Bids the Dust 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38355,00.html CNN: Web site offering to sell votes shut down 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/23/voteauction.shutsdown.idg/ The Register: Votes for sale online in the US 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. (Vote Auctions) http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13758.html Wired: Close Vote? You Can Bid on It 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? (Vote Auctions) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38229,00.html