Salon: Will culture-jam for food 
The prankster behind the Voteauction.com satire needs your help to pay off his $3,800 legal debt. By Katharine Mieszkowski.
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/voteauction/
Slate: If eBay Ran the Election 
In the hypothetical future where all votes are traded on the Internet, it's easy to see how bipartisan collusion would line the pockets of politicians at the expense of voters by holding down the price of votes.
http://slate.com/id/92292/
The Register: Votes for sale online in the US 
Chicago's gangster ridden past has come back to haunt city officials with the appearance of a new website - Voteauction.com, where people can register to sell their vote to the highest bidder.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/10/14/votes_for_sale_online/
Wired: Selling Votes or Peddling Lies? 
Did Voteauction.com really solicit bids on American votes, or was it all a mirage? The owner says yes, while the site's creator says no. A judge will decide.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39770,00.html
Wired: Austrian Takes Bids on U.S. Votes 
Voteauction.com has changed owners as well as modus operandi. And this time, it appears, the prospect of squelching the wrongdoing is going to involve more than a threatening phone call.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38559,00.html
Wired: Close Vote? You Can Bid on It 
If citizens do indeed find the choice between Gush and Bore meaningless, the proprietors of Voteauction.com say, why not at least make a little cash on the side?
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38229,00.html
Wired: Voteauction Bids the Dust 
Last week, Voteauction received a spate of publicity that began with a Wired News story. Two days of intense press and Internet attention followed, which concluded in legal threats that compelled its operator to shut it down.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38355,00.html
kuro5hin.org: Dot com ruled by US law? 
Article and forum discussing the implications of InterNIC pulling the European domain vote-auction.com.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2000/11/3/143335/151
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