Thread: Teen charged with offering his vote on eBay

A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor.

University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a felony Thursday in Hennepin County District Court after allegedly asking for a minimum of $10 in exchange for voting for the bidder's preferred candidate.

"Good luck!" Sanders wrote under the eBay handle zepdrummer612. "You're (sic) country depends on You!"

Sanders was charged with one count of bribery, treating and soliciting under an 1893 state law that makes it a crime to offer to buy or sell a vote.

According to a criminal complaint, the Minnesota secretary of state's office learned about the offering on the Web site and told prosecutors. Investigators sent a subpoena to eBay and got information that led to Sanders.

The student told investigators he made the eBay posting, adding, "That was a joke. It's no longer listed," according to the complaint.

"We take it very seriously. Fundamentally, we believe it is wrong to sell your vote," said John Aiken, a spokesman for the 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.'

"It's a real shame," he said. "I can imagine the conversations being held in American Legion Clubs and VFWs about whether this is a joke or not."

The scarcely used law had its heyday in the 1920s, when many people sold their votes in exchange for liquor, Assistant County Attorney Pat Diamond said

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BULLSHIT!!!

The Democrat party should be indicted IMMEDIATELY! Probably the Republican party too.

Don't tell me that Democrats in FL in 2000 didn't offer a sandwich, a bottle of cheap wine, and a ride to and from the polling place in exchange for votes. They most certainly did. People who weren't smart or sober enough couldn't even push a pin through a thin piece of cardboard.

Lobbyists actually do the reverse. Both parties solicit "donations" to candidates and parties then have the donors vote for their candidate. The donors always hope for something in return for both their vote and their money.

That kid ought to be given a prize, not jail time, for bringing this issue to the American public.

"We take it very seriously. Fundamentally, we believe it is wrong to sell your vote," said John Aiken, a spokesman for the 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.'

Votes are bought and sold every day by the scum politicians themselves. I hate these types of self-righteous govt bastards who sound like they've got a flagpole shoved up their ass.

I have only one question...

Ten Bucks?

C'mon man, that's just barely over the price of two gallons of gas.

Doesn't everyone know that only politicians are allowed to buy and sell votes? What an idiot!