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Will Mike Arrington Be Charged In Connection With Attempting To Sell His Vote?

Settled as No

No reports of this.

Background:

Background: TechCrunch is reporting that Max Sanders, a resident of Minnesota, thought it would be funny to try to sell his vote on eBay (he offered to video himself voting as proof). Funny that was until he was charged with one count of bribery, treating and soliciting, a felony under an 1893 Minnesota law that makes it a crime to offer to buy or sell a vote.

Sanders now faces a maximum penalty of up to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine. eBay has taken down the listing. In protest at the heavy handed response, Mike Arrington is claiming that he is putting his vote up for auction.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. Question will be settled as Yes if Arrington is charged in connection with selling his vote on or before the election on November 4th.

 
Forecast history %
Yes
5%
No
95%
Settled as No on Thu 6th Nov 2008 2:46am PST

Suspend date: Tue 4th Nov 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 6th Nov 2008 2:46am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 4th Nov 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 5%

Action history:

Created Mon 7th Jul 2008 12:38am PST by nigeleccles[Admin]
Suspended Mon 7th Jul 2008 3:45am PST by newswrangler[Power User]: Flagged by super user:
I think this is a duplicate of <http://www.hubdub.com/m10586/Will_Max_Sanders_go_to_prison_for_selling_his_vote>.

It's a tad confusing, as THIS market refers to "Mike Arrington" in the text of the question itself, but refers to "Max Sanders" in the background text ("TechCrunch is reporting that Max Sanders...").

It also refers to "Mike" in the background text ("Mike Arrington is claiming that he is putting his vote up for auction.")
Unsuspended Mon 7th Jul 2008 4:50am PST by nigeleccles[Admin]: Suspended in error - this market refers to Mike Arrington NOT Max Sanders (who has already been charged)
Suspended Tue 4th Nov 2008 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Thu 6th Nov 2008 2:04am PST by orlin: No such reports.
Settled as 'No' Thu 6th Nov 2008 2:46am PST by tomg[Admin]: No reports of this.

Suspend date: Tue 4th Nov 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 6th Nov 2008 2:46am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 4th Nov 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (31)

1 year ago
mmarshall predicted No (H$500 at 95%)
1 year ago
mattcampbell predicted No (H$100 at 95%)
1 year ago
tobowers predicted No (H$100 at 95%)
1 year ago
gluckman predicted Yes (H$10 at 5%)
1 year ago
zarjay predicted No (H$20 at 95%)

Comments (2)

  1 gadget666
we should have a question re what sentence max sanders gets
posted 1 year ago
OK I've looked all over the internet to see if there are any updates on this story and can't even find the original story.
posted 1 year ago

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