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title: Vote swapping site declared legal
date: "2003-02-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 966
description: I found that a federal appeals court ruled vote-swapping websites are protected by the First Amendment, allowing voters in different states to trade votes to influence presidential election outcomes strategically.
keywords: [vote swapping, first amendment, election law, strategic voting, legal ruling, swing states]
---

[Vote swapping site declared legal](http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983718.html) [via slashdot](http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/08/1931255.shtml?tid=103&tid=123)