http://minnesotaindependent.com/4310/selling-vote-on-ebay-earns-50-hours-of-community-service News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://minnesotaindependent.com/4310/selling-vote-on-ebay-earns-50-hours-of-community-service/comment-page-1#comment-14104 Jason Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:50:36 +0000 http://www.minnesotaindependent.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/?p=4310#comment-14104 Am I to understand that any attempt to bribe or solicit a vote by offering something in exchange (in this case money, but this could include anything such as tax cuts, increased childcare funding, promises to revamp medicare, etc.) is a felony? Is it a felony to cast one's vote in terms of one's self interest? Crazy as that is, the more interesting point - I think - in this example is that the item (the vote for auction) didn't receive the minimum bid. So much for our most valued token of a participatory democratic system. Am I to understand that any attempt to bribe or solicit a vote by offering something in exchange (in this case money, but this could include anything such as tax cuts, increased childcare funding, promises to revamp medicare, etc.) is a felony? Is it a felony to cast one’s vote in terms of one’s self interest? Crazy as that is, the more interesting point – I think – in this example is that the item (the vote for auction) didn’t receive the minimum bid. So much for our most valued token of a participatory democratic system.

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