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  • { 9th Circus } Swapping votes on Web is ruled as free speech

    08/08/2007 8:02:53 AM PDT · by SmithL · 9 replies · 789+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 8/8/7 | Bob Egelko
    A Californian who set up a vote-swapping Web site for supporters of Ralph Nader and Al Gore in 2000, before the state shut it down with a threat of prosecution, said Tuesday he may try again next year now that a federal appeals court has ruled that online vote-trading agreements are constitutionally protected. It all depends, Jim Cody said, on a candidacy by Nader or some other third-party hopeful that might siphon away enough votes from the Democratic nominee to tip the scales to a Republican in one or more states. His short-lived Vote Swap2000.com was meant to counteract that...