Stories tagged "voting"

I believe that government officials, no matter how high-ranking, should be held accountable for breaking the law and violating the Constitution.

A new voting system uses the Internet, cryptography, and "magic" ink to ensure that everyone's vote is counted.

JOHANNESBURG — More than eight million people — nearly half of the population — have registered to vote in war-ravaged Angola, a country with an abundance of oil, diamonds and grinding poverty that held its first election in 16 years on Friday.

Ubiquity extension for Firefox for bulk voting on links and comments on Digg, Reddit, and Hacker News.

Given the above, I’d like propose the following question: what non-obvious things can nerds who are so inclined do to help the Democrats win in November?

Yahoo's new social news site promises to prevent the obvious cheating that happens on sites like Digg and Reddit

"I have a perfect voting record from organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and all the other veterans service organizations," responded McCain. Although this sounds good, it is inaccurate and misleading.

What a great way to get people to register to vote that might have been less inclined to take the steps to figure out how. Registering to vote in the Presidential Election will become fun and teens will love it.

Xbox live and non profit voter mobilization group Rock the Vote are partnering to help mobilize young voters for this years presidential election. Talk about non-traditional use of a game platform....

Encouraging people with past felony convictions to vote and take ownership in their community is in everyone's interest. In fact, studies show that incorporating voter participation into rehabilitation plans makes recidivism less likely.