It's a felony to offer to sell your vote in the presidential election on eBay. A young man found that out the hard way!
The listing posted by the Minneapolis young man said he was 19 and couldn't decide whom to vote for, so he offered to let the highest eBay bidder decide for him.
The listing posted by the Minneapolis young man said he was 19 and couldn't decide whom to vote for, so he offered to let the highest eBay bidder decide for him.
Investigators sent a subpoena to eBay and they were given information that led them to Max P. Sanders. He was charged today. Needless to say, his eBay listing was removed as well.
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It is a bigger crime the way candidates buy everyones votes. The Candidates make a mockery of elections by putting on a show rather than discussing their views and goals on real issues.
Where is exactly in the constitution does it state that a person can not vote for whomever he or she chooses regardless of reason?
I believe it is unconstitutional for Minnesota or any other state to have this law.
I can vote for who I want, and for whatever reason I choose.
This is a free country isn't it?
I should be free to vote for anyone, regardless if someone is paying me to do so or not.
So who cares, look how much cash is spend by the candidates, for what yes indeed they want your vote so money spend to get your vote, lol that sounds to me like buying your vote:P
So let me get this straight . . .
A highly-paid lobbyist can wine and dine a members of Congress to influence their votes, a special interest group's political action committee can raise and donate thousands of dollars to try to influence lawmakers' decisions down the line, and so-called 527 groups can spend millions of dollars to manipulate voters' impressions of the candidates and thus influence the outcome of the election. And those are perfectly legal (or easily get lost amid the loopholes).
But a 19-year-old kid makes an attempt at biting political satire (a.k.a. a joke) and he faces five years in jail?
Unfortunately for Max Sanders, he started out WAY too small.
Hopefully he won't go to prison. But if he does, at least he might learn some skills that will come in useful if he wants to have a future in politics.
Happy Independence Day.
Poor sap. Apparently he didn't know that in the U.S. it's only legal to try to BUY a vote.
I find it funny that the judicial system jumped on this so quickly. One would think they would be far busier putting real criminals in jail. It saddens me to see what has become of our nation, If a teen humorously sells his vote and go's to jail and politicians who are backed by big business get elected president, you tell me whats the real crime.
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