5 month ago
adamrg : Bitter Patter - If Clinton is running to the bottom -- ABC is pulling the rest of us down.
Ethan Marcotte : Bitter Patter - “If Gibson and his partner, George Stephanopoulos, had halted their descent at the level of the fatuous, that would have been bad enough. But there was worse to come.” ∞
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5 month ago
philgyford : Vote Match - Help to decide who to vote for in the London elections. For me it says: Paddick, Livingstone, Left List, Greens... Still hard to decide. (via Haddock)
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6 month ago
plasticbag : The Onion has the US election result! - Wonderful piece of satire that's in fact so wonderful it's barely funny at all. I should introduce this to the Open Rights Group people.
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plasticbag : The Huffington Post has a browseable data set for campaign donations... - Particularly sexy as it allows you to search for different companies and see which way the people who work there tend to work. You can also search for individuals. This is the database journalism that Adrian talks about in action.
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14 month ago
plasticbag : The Open Rights Group (of which I'm an advisory board member) released its report on e-voting a couple of weeks ago which is well worth a read... - The conclusion is not positive, suggesting that while there are many flaws that could be fixed, fundamentally there may be very significant collisions between verifiable and trustworthy elections and e-voting as a concept.
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23 month ago
deusx : Republicans Want to Turn Over a New Page (Harpers.org) - "In seeking to malign the parties who sought to expose his conduct, top Republicans reveal that they are far more outraged by the possibility that the scandal might harm their party’s prospects in November than they are by Foley's behavior."
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25 month ago
deusx : Congressional redistricting | How to rig an election | Economist.com - "In a normal democracy, voters choose their representatives. In America, it is rapidly becoming the other way around"
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27 month ago
plasticbag : Vote Zod in 2008! - "Instead of hidden agendas and waffling policies, I offer you direct candor and brutal certainty. I only ask for your tribute, your lives, and your vote."
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36 month ago
kellan : Is FEMA New Orlean's punishment for the sin of voting overwhelmingly (78%) for Kerry? - Whiskey Bar: Where There's a Will #
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39 month ago
philgyford : 'I will get three friends to sign up to the Proportional Representation Groundswell' - PledgeBank - Tell the world "I'll do it, but only if you'll help" - PledgeBank, a new site from MySociety. Comes with Brian Eno's pledge about proportional representation.
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