Last week, someone put their vote up for bid on E-bay. “You must specify whom I vote for in the presidential and all other elections in my district, by name or party,’ the seller wrote in his description of the item. ‘Why should the American citizen be left out? Congressmen and senators regularly sell their votes to the highest bidder. Democracy for sale!’ E-bay finally canceled the sale, cooperating with investigators from the Justice Department, but not before the price had been bid up to $10,100.” – Feed 08/24/00