eBay Auction for Vote Ended Up with 0 Bid and 1 Felony Charge

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law, Politics on July 4, 2008 at 5:47 pm


Max P. Sander’s eBay auction ended with 0 bids … and 1 felony charge! The 19-year-old University of Minnesota student is charged with selling his vote in the Presidential Election (it was a joke, he said):

"The rules are simple, the highest bidder will tell me who to cast my vote for in the election," he wrote. "I will vote for any candidate of any party, as long as they are on the ballot."

He also said that to prove he’d carried out the winning bidder’s wishes, "i will photograph myself inside the voting booth with my filled out ballot."

"Good luck!" he wrote. "You’re country depends on You!"

He got no bids, and an investigator for the county attorney’s office said Sanders told him the whole thing "was a joke." Minnesota Statutes Chapter 211B.13, Subdivision 2, however, calls it "Bribery, Treating, and Soliciting," and it’s punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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15 comments to "eBay Auction for Vote Ended Up with 0 Bid and 1 Felony Charge"

  1. Nostra
    July 4th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Absolutely ridiculous. Let the kid go.

  2. The Slapster
    July 4th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    “You’re country depends on You!”

    Does it? Does it really?? Convict him on the grounds of public ignorance alone.

  3. Thomas
    July 4th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Wow. Just wow. Honestly, I think the most surprising thing is that it didn’t get bid on.

  4. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    July 4th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    On the one hand, it’s just one vote. On the other hand, it could open up the door for foreigners to have a say in American politics. And you wouldn’t want THAT.

    But I’m surprised nobody bid on it, either.

  5. CheeseDuck
    July 4th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    I would have bid on it..

  6. ted
    July 4th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    Why do people make really stupid jokes like this?

    Kid deserves to be charged for Colossal Stupidity.

  7. dj
    July 4th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    No harm intended. Just a kid who was trying to get his ebay spot on Jay Leno.

  8. Thomas
    July 4th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    I really don’t think he meant to derail the democratic process, he was just looking for 15 minutes of fame. Guess he got it.

  9. Shelby
    July 4th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    I don’t know which is the worse crime: his attempt to sell a vote or his rotten grammar and punctuation.

    God bless America!

  10. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    July 5th, 2008 at 2:03 am

    @ Shelby:

    I guess the University of Minnesota doesn’t have very high entrance requirements. :)

  11. Polx
    July 5th, 2008 at 4:22 am

    felony charge for his spelling and grammar.

    but aside from that, it is only a step down from wjhat got GWB into the whitehouse.

  12. su.wei
    July 5th, 2008 at 5:48 am

    sad to see how seriously people take voting

  13. Leon
    July 5th, 2008 at 9:20 am

    Why not charge eBay with aiding and abetting and for being an accessory before the fact? Maybe conspiracy as well.

  14. Some Boca Dude
    July 5th, 2008 at 10:36 am

    Polx.
    Felony charge for your spelling,too!!

  15. JC
    July 5th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    Just a joke from a kid. Let it go.


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