Eliminating Political Parties
This is a repost from my MySpace blog, but it really belongs here. Why Political Parties Exist, Why they are Bad, and How to Eliminate Them Voting blocs are an emergent property of representative...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing Election Verification
I take it as accepted fact at this point that the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election would have gone to John Kerry if everyone who attempted to vote that day were able to and all the votes were counted...
View ArticleNational Popular Vote
Yesterday I blogged about personal vote verification. At the group level, I recommend supporting the National Popular Vote. While most people (70%) favor a popular vote for president, the U.S....
View ArticleCrowdsourcing Election Verification, part 2
Back in June, I suggested that public voting records would be healthy for our democracy if the populace were comfortable revealing their voting records. There is now a movement* and new web site for...
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Historical Inflection Point
Click here for election night slideshow Related posts: Crowdsourcing Election Verification Crowdsourcing Election Verification, part 3 National Popular Vote
View ArticleHow Grandma Saved Democracy
Visiting my 90 year old grandma a couple of weeks ago, I saw the opportunity for a product that I think would have a lot of success in the marketplace. Like the iPhone though, it’s not so much the...
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Rebooting America
Anyone interested in how technology and policy can work together to form us a more perfect union should read Rebooting America. If your budget is tight right now, you can download the PDF version for...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing Election Verification, part 3
In part 1 I advocated photographing your completed ballot before submitting it and posting your photograph online. Turns out that if you followed this piece of advice in Missouri, you might be in jail...
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