A new political party, designed by software devs and engineers, is joining the race in California. If elected, PlaceAVote‘s Congressional candidates vow to decide on every bill based on the majority vote of their constituents—as measured via online polling. Could that sort of direct, digital democracy improve how Congress works? Would it make government more dysfunctional? (Is the latter even possible?)
Hasbro took a vote, and the internet has spoken. The ballots have been counted, and the people have said F the iron—the new Monopoly token will be a cat. More »
Say goodbye to your childhood. In order to herald in an age of change, Hasbro’s “Save Your Token” campaign is asking you to pick which memory of your youth you’d least like to watch fade to nothingness. More »
Early in 2012, I signed up for the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns’ email lists with a rarely used old email address. While I knew that this small dataset couldn’t reveal the extreme sophistication of their email strategies, I set out to analyze the emails I’d received (and rarely read) – and discovered some surprising differences in strategy (at least as it related to the emails I was sent). More »
If you believe in the power of voting, chances are you’re going to head to a polling place sometime between now and the end of the day to cast your ballot. You’ll probably be waiting a few minutes as well. With that in mind, we tossed together 10 election day pieces for you to save to Instagram/Pocket/Readability to distract you. More »
It’s election day. Some of you have the fortune of being able to vote electronically, thus removing any confusion over whether or not that chad was hanging. Well it’s supposed to remove confusion in theory. Have you voted yet? Was it some form of an electronic ballot? Did you notice anything sketchy? Let’s talk about it. More »
This may sound familiar: a friend of yours posts a picture of her completed ballot, shot moments ago, inside a New York City voting booth. Was it legal to take that photo to begin with? In a surprising number of states, this simple act—one you’ve no doubt seen repeated on Instagram and Facebook dozens of times today—would’ve constituted a misdemeanor. More »
The general consensus amongst these hopeful people who are wondering why they can’t vote on their smartphones: It’s 2012 and their phones can pretty much do everything so why can’t they vote on it? Or if they can’t use their phones, how about voting on their iPads? And if not their iPads why not their Xboxes? How will these people juggle Halo 4 and Election Day? They need answers! More »
NASA Astronauts, who are true American heroes, aboard the ISS can vote in the presidential election tomorrow too. How? It’s not like there are any polling stations near them. Well, it’s sort of like an absentee ballot but obviously different because it’s from FREAKING SPACE. More »
If you’re a resident of NYC or Westchester, Long Island and Rockland counties, you can submit an affadavit ballot for the presidential and US Senatorial elections at any polling place in the state of New York you like tomorrow. You can’t vote in local elections, but it’s still useful for those who’s living and transportations situations we’re affected by Hurricane Sandy. [Twitter] More »
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