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Circuit Court Okays Vote Swapping Site

scubacuda writes "C|net reports that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals court has ruled in favor of Alan Porter's website, Voteexchange2000.com, a site enabling Gore and Nader voters to swap their Gore votes in states where Bush was likely to win anyway for the Green party candidate Nader. In response to the court's decision, Mark Rosenbaum, legal director of the ACLU's Southern California office, said, "We're pleased that the court's ruling permits us to challenge the legality of the secretary of state's partisan attempt to silence political speech on the Internet during the 2000 election." (For a look at some of the legal issues behind "vote swapping," visit Gigalaw)"

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  1. fp. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    woohoo. first fucking post, bitch.

    not.

  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP

  3. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    IN S.. ah, forget it.

  4. Greens by sstory · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Greens are mostly uninformed anti-technology citizens. If they achieve political power we'll all be worse off. Forget lives saved via irradiation, cleaner air via nuclear power, a lassaiz-faire market. It would almost be as bad a world to live in as the Republicans would make, had they the power.

  5. Re:It's legal, but is it ethical? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It was you on the right who shifted the focus to dress stains in your decade long smear campaign against Clinton.

  6. WAR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    has begun! no stories on bbc/cnn. But google says all diplomets have been withdrawn.

  7. what?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  8. BREAKING NEWS: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This happened over two years ago. Please, I kind of want to conduct a poll.

    Best thing to do:

    A. Drudge up old statistics.
    B. WORK ON 2004??
    C. C0Wb0y N34L s3x0r T1M3!!!!!!