Student Arrested for Vote Sale

[optoman]

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<< NOVEMBER 09, 18:48 EDT

Student Arrested for Vote Sale




NEW YORK (AP) ? A 28-year-old student was arrested on Election Day and charged with selling his vote, allegedly for tuition money.

Christian Hazzard is accused of posting flyers on trees along Park Avenue that read: ``BUY MY VOTE ? Struggling Student Is Willing To Sell Vote In This Nov. 7th Election ? $1,000 or best offer.''

The flyers also listed an e-mail address on tear-away tabs.

City Department of Investigation agents contacted Hazzard by e-mail on Nov. 1, spokesman Pat Clark said. He said Hazzard agreed to accept $600 and to videotape the ballot in the voting booth to confirm his choice.

Hazzard was arrested Tuesday after accepting $300, Clark said. The unemployed, occasional actor on public access cable TV, Hazzard allegedly said he needed tuition at the School for Visual Arts.

Hazzard's lawyer, Brook Holland, declined to comment. >>



Is this guy and idiot or what!

Edit: Sorry didn't get the link to work.

 

[somethingwitty]

what a moron! A vote in this election should never have gone below $10000.

seriously though, what kind of idiot actually does this, and further, believes the offer he recieves is genuine?

 

[vi edit]

Never underestimate a poor college student.

That's a lot better than selling various bodily fluids for cash

 

[IBhacknU]

what race was so close in NY that someone would have wanted his vote?

 

[desy]

I thought in a society where bodies, integrety, morals, and dignity are all for sale, whats so terrible about selling a vote?
Sorry just getting a little loopy

 

[JellyBaby]

desy,

Hey that's great reasoning. Candidates sell their souls so why can't the people sell their votes? Me too! Me too! Ugh.

 

[CliffC]

JellyBaaaaaaby

Take a couple of deep breathes.

He said he was loopy!

 

[piku]

He never committed the crime - why did they arrest him?

Shouldnt they have waited at least until he actually DID the crime, not just when he recieved half the pay?

 

[saxman]

I read a sci fi story where there was a class of people who didn't have jobs, they sold their votes for a living, and these were the only people who voted(normal people wouldn't because it they would be considered corrupt if they didn't)

 

[IBhacknU]

<< Shouldnt they have waited at least until he actually DID the crime, not just when he recieved half the pay >>

maybe his intent(by taking the $300) was good enough?

 

[bonk102]

yeah, who is really dumber here, the one who sold the vote, or the one who paid him $300 for it?

and seriously, i need money enough i would have done that had i thought of it, i mean how illegal could it be?

 

[MrChicken]

No wonder he is 28 and still in school....

 

[RGN]

Why is this a crime?

 

[SpeedGod]

hmm. good idea to sell his vote. What crime did he break? Thats my question.