Politics archives
E-voting and the Open Source community
Today’s New York Times has an editorial that puts together a rough set of requirements for E-voting machines: Physical security for electronic systems Rigorous testing of electronic machines Properly trained poll workers, and rapid-response teams on Election Day Public records at the precinct level The option to vote non-electronically Independent security experts Transparency in electronic voting Looking at this list, it seems that [...]
Tags: Apache, Europe, Linux, United States
Will the Internet candidate please stand?
The recent announcements of changes in the campaign management of the Dean presidential campaign raise some interesting questions. As political observers know by now, Joe Trippi, the man credited with creating a new political approach by using the Internet, has been replaced at the head of the Dean campaign by Roy Neel. In: Telecom Insider The impact of [...]
Tags: Telephony
Number Portability FAQ
Today is a great day in the USA. Wireless Number Portability has arrived! I wrote about this last year and am glad that we have finally arrived to the point where number portability is now doable. So what is number portability? Well, effective today, you can change mobile phone provider without having to worry about changing your [...]
Tags: GSM, United States, Wireless
Dean Campaign names internet brain trust
In yet another change highlighting the Internet influence on politics, the Dean campaign has unveiled a set of Internet principles and named a very impressive slate of net advisers. I hope that this will help the group formulate a set of policies relating to technology and make technology in general and the net in particular an [...]
Tags: Election, Internet, United States
Politics and the Net: What about the software?
Wired News reports that General Wesley Clark entered the race due largely to online prompts to do so. This is another example of how the net is affecting politics in a radically new way. This represents an interesting twist in what has already been a fascinating year in terms of the net’s influence on the [...]
Tags: software platform
Faces of 9-11: First links coming in
Earlier this week, I decided to start passing the word about a new project I’d like to do as a 9/11 memorial. Some links have started to come in, albeit early but, as promised, I am posting them. So here is the first collection: Metafilter has a thread about this A small victory.net Jane Davis James Lileks Some great stuff [...]
Tags: 9/11
