Politics Buzz Normally voters are screwed by politicians, not each other. Seriously though, between this and the Medvedev Girls, Russian politics are turning into an episode of “Entourage” that has nuclear capabilities.
Politics Buzz I think so. This guy thinks so. Where do you stand? Oh, you probably disagree BECAUSE YOU ARE A SINNER AND THEREFORE YOUR OPINION IS WRONG. I love logic. Hopefully Barack Obama will appoint this dude King of America in his State of the Union Address tonight. (Via Videogum.)
Politics Buzz The midterm elections can be summed up in one word, RED. Republicans have taken majority of the house wiping out Democratic majority of the past 4 years. I guess we should be grateful that one of these changes wasn't a witch. Condolences to Christine O'Donnell.
With the midterm election only a few weeks away, it's crunch time in deciding who to vote for. If you are still undecided, print out this handy flowchart and bring it with you. It really puts your options into perspective.
A clever and endearing voting PSA from Equality Illinois Education Project. This should improve the traditionally poor showing at the ballots from the nudist demographic.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/opinion/26collins.html?...
Maybe the citizenry should demand a Voter Bill of Rights. Article Five: more cat stories in political campaigns.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/
Don't let the Republicans get the majority.
Do you now why we can't legalize filesharing, marijuana, gay marriage, etc. and then get on with our lives now? Because old people vote and YOU DON'T.
And we thought the 2000 “hanging chad” fiasco was bad…
Here's the awesomeness…a Three Keyboard Cat Moon t-shirt!!! Go vote at Threadless so we can help make this meme explosion a reality.
This Iranian street art kinda looks like Goatse, no? If you're curious, the text inside the goat hole reads, “Where Is My Vote?”
Looks like the 4chan army is out and at the polls for Dear Leader over at Time's “World's Most Influential” voting site. moot was at #1 earlier today, but by the time I got the screenshot he was holding it down at #4 with an average rating of 73 and a whopping 248,718 votes. Update: He's back on top! Go moot go!
Politics Buzz It turns out that there’s a far superior reason for people getting out to vote on election day, and it doesn’t involve either John McCain or Barack Obama. The fact is, Americans just want their “I voted” stickers! And in what is soon to be known as the greatest fraud of the 2008 election, only some lucky voting locations got the magic stickers! One can only ask, why?!
http://www.youtube.com/videoyourvote
A project from PBS and YouTube to encourage voters to document the voting process as they experience it. This project could help support or allay the fears about vote switching on voting machines.
A new site attempts to rate the relative sexiness of Democrats vs. Republicans. [Editors Note: Hot or Not for the partisans! Much nicer design than theonlyvote.com]
The latest presidential-campaign-numbers-breakdown-site lets you play around with electoral votes. Click on any state to change the way it’s leaning. The site also gives you a look at which possible winning combinations are needed for each side to make it to the White House.
The Economist creates the “Global Electoral College” and invites the world to vote in the upcoming US election. Obama has a global landslide in the works - not sure if that will help him or hurt him with US voters.
Politics Buzz A slew of sites making it quick and easy to register online are popping up everywhere. The deadline to register to vote in the upcoming election is as early as October 4th in some states. Sites ask a few questions, and then print out the correct and completed forms to mail out. Contribute any other sites that might make the registration process easy for others.
What it would look like if the world could vote in the presidential election. Also below is a pole taken from over 23,000 people around the world currently casting their vote online. Except for the battleground nation of Azerbaijan, it's really turning out to be quite the landslide in favor of Obama.
Politics Buzz AIGA offers some good advice for election ballot designers. Hopefully this advice will be heeded and we can avoid some of the problems that have plagued our past elections. You’d think it would be obvious that confusing design and language like “Vote For Not More Than One” should be avoided, but apparently not.