http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?...62209&from=rss

This kid tried to sell his vote on e-bay. And now he's been arrested and is facing felony charges. What rubbish.

There's fraud and then there's stupidity. This is clearly a case of the latter, but it's being treated just as seriously as the former. You know what zero tolerance translates to? Zero competence. Apparently in the US we can't see the difference between some punk teenager trying to be clever and a politician buying out votes.

(As if votes aren't bought and sold wholesale, anyway...)

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