I found this:

Selling Your Vote is Illegal



News Release
Issued: August 19, 2000

OLYMPIA ā?? The Office of the Secretary of State today reminded Washington voters that it is illegal to sell your vote.

The reminder comes in light of two recent attempts by Washington residents to sell their vote in the upcoming elections on the popular auction website eBay.

Some may think the auctions were pranks, but State Elections Director Gary McIntosh said, "This is no laughing matter. The law is quite clear and we take that very seriously." McIntosh adds that it is also against the law to purchase someoneā??s vote.

After the Secretary of Stateā??s Office contacted eBay officials and informed them that selling a vote is a gross misdemeanor in Washington state, they cancelled both auctions. eBay also promised to filter such sales to assure that any future attempts to auction a vote are also removed.

Elections officials in both counties where the sellers live were notified of the attempted sales. It is the decision of county prosecutors to pursue any criminal prosecution.

RCW 29.85.090 states "Any person who solicits, requests, or demands, directly or indirectly, any reward or thing of value or the promise thereof in exchange for his or her vote or in exchange for the vote of any other person for or against any candidate or for or against any ballot measure to be voted upon at a primary or special or general election is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable to the same extent as a gross misdemeanor that is punishable under RCW 9A.20.021."

Gross misdemeanors "shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum term fixed by the court of not more than one year, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than five thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine."
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/office/os...%2BPR65w%3D%3D

Wonder now how this is going to turn out

Have a good one!:s4: