eBay'er Arrested For Attempting To Sell His Vote

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday July 4, 2008 @07:21AM from the probably-should-have-thought-this-one-through dept.

The Associated Press reports that Max P. Sanders, 19, is charged with a felony for attempting to auction off his vote on eBay for the upcoming presidential election. From the article: '"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"' Yes, that is a terrible shame, isn't it. Perhaps we should arrest, prosecute, and imprison everyone who sells their vote. The boy says it was all a joke, but prosecutors aren't laughing. Max faces up to 5 years in prison and $10,000 in fines if he is convicted.

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George Carlin bit... by Asmor · 2008-07-04 07:32 · Score: 1, Offtopic

One of George Carlin's bits went...

Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal? Why is it illegal to sell something that's perfectly legal to give away?
And whenever I heard that bit, I'd always think about selling votes as a counter argument.
RIP Carlin.