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(Court TV) — Third-party voters in next week's presidential election say they have found a way to have their cake and eat it, too. Swing-state progressives who acknowledge that their votes for Ralph Nader, David Cobb or Michael Badnarik are little more than political statements are turning to, a Web site that puts them in contact with Democrats in states with a candidate clearly in the lead. The pair-up produces an agreement in which the progressive voter pledges to cast a ballot for John Kerry in his swing state and the Democrat promises to cast a third-party vote in his Republican-safe state to bolster polls nationwide. For example, a Nader supporter in a battleground state such as Ohio would agree to 'pair' his vote with a Kerry supporter in Texas, where Bush is certain to win. Nader would receive the same overall vote nationally; Kerry would pick up a ballot in a state where voters are divided. Absent from the process is the exchange of money or material compensation or the words 'swap' or 'trade,' which render agreements at legal. Several politicians have said that despite its legality, vote-pairing is unethical...
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