# Admitted Internet troll gets comeuppance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-internet-troll-gets-comeuppance/650050>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 12, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-internet-troll-gets-comeuppance/650050 "2013-02-12T01:47:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-internet-troll-gets-comeuppance/650050/1 "2013-02-12T01:47:37Z")

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link: [Bend man convicted of offering to buy blank ballots for $20 each - oregonlive.com](http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2013/02/whether_serious_or_joking_bend.html)

Summary: A guy in Bend OR makes a Craigslist post offering $20 for blank ballots. TPTB take it seriously, despite his claims he was just trolling. Judge gives him a slap on the wrist: $200 fine and community service. They could have prosecuted him for a felony, but instead just a misdemeanor.