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To: ftth who started this subject	10/20/2000 7:31:33 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	of 46821

How can we exploit the leverage of the 'Net? Let us count the ways... 10/19/00 Judge Orders Shut Down of Vote Sale A judge on Wednesday ordered the temporary shutdown of a Web site that offers to sell votes to the highest bidder, pending a lawsuit that alleges it violates U.S. election laws. The site, owned by an Austrian, continued to operate Wednesday night. A notice said registration for Illinois voters had been suspended due to pending litigation. Voteauction.com claims it will collect absentee ballots from voters, verify them, and then sell them to the highest bidder who can "choose who the group will vote for en masse." Sellers then would receive money depending on how much is bid. Before suspending Illinois registration, it claimed more than a thousand Illinoisans had registered, with each vote valued at $12.38. The Chicago Board of Elections sued, saying the selling or buying votes as proposed on the Web site violates state and federal laws. Circuit Court Judge Michael Murphy said Wednesday that the site should be barred from operating until the lawsuit has been settled. He also suggested the state's attorney's office investigate. Full story at: legalnews.findlaw.com

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