McChris + elections   17

The Nation: Surveillance Protest Group Tops Obama Website
It's really quite amazing that the largest group on a campaign site is one protesting the candidate's action on the telecom-immunity bill. It seems as if administrators would have snuffed out the group by this point.
yasns  elections  politics 
july 2008 by McChris
my.barackobama.com: Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity - Get FISA Right
This group on my.barackobama.com protests Obama's lack of a clear stance on telecom immunity.
yasns  privacy  surveillance  elections 
july 2008 by McChris
AP: Haysbert thinks his ‘24’ role helped Obama
President David Palmer may have paved the way for a President Obama or Clinton, according to the "24" actor.
TV  thereal  race  elections 
july 2008 by McChris
NYTimes: The Wiki-Way to the Nomination
I missed this article from last week that uses wiki publishing as a metaphor for much of the cultural production surrounding the Obama campaign.
wiki  Web2.0  politics2.0  elections 
june 2008 by McChris
Threat Level: Democrats Launch McCainpedia, An Attack Site Masquerading As A Wiki
I don't really understand why people object to the DNC restricting write access to a wiki used for internal research.
wiki  politics2.0  elections 
may 2008 by McChris
New York Times: City Subpoenas Creator of Text Messaging Code
Lawyers representing the NYPD in civil-rights suits have subpoenaed Tad Hirsch for information about his TXTMob software used during the 2004 Republican National Convention.
NYC  protest  elections 
march 2008 by McChris
Sokwanele: Mapping the election conditions in Zimbabwe
It's about time I posted this mashup showing some of the dirty tricks used to suppress the vote in Zimbabwe.
elections  googlemaps  mashup  Africa  neato 
march 2008 by McChris
KHOU: Student voters march at Prairie View A&M
The local political machine located an early voting location no closer to the campus of Prairie View A&M University, so students at the historically black campus marched down a highway to vote.
awesome  racism  elections  texas 
february 2008 by McChris
Freedom to Tinker: Internet Voting
Dan Wallach describes some of the current schemes to facilitate voting over the internet and some of their flaws.
elections  security  military 
february 2008 by McChris
The Boston Globe: What font says 'Change'?
This article about presidential campaign logos is a good discussion of typography for the layman.
design  typography  elections  politics 
january 2008 by McChris
AdPulp: PBR Runs For Minnesota Seat
Via eyeteeth, a Minnesota Republican running for the state house has appropriated the Pabst Blue Ribbon logo for his campaign signs. Does this mean my favorite cheap beer is totally over?
elections  design  minnesota  politics  weird 
october 2006 by McChris
Professor Teaches Children to Vote Drunkenly
Edward Felten reveals that the memory cards used in Diebold's electronic voting machines can be opened with a standard key often used for hotel mini-bars.
elections  stupid 
september 2006 by McChris
When Media Ownership Means Life and Death
DIYmedia discusses the role of national and pirate media in the current uprising in Oaxaca.
Oaxaca  Mexico  anarchism  media  elections 
august 2006 by McChris
Ethan Zuckerman: Unpacking the DRC election results
The incumbent Kabila got 44% of the vote, forcing a runoff and leading to violence between political factions.
Congo  elections  Africa  war 
august 2006 by McChris
The Salon: DRC: Elections: Update 6
This insightful wrap-up of Sunday's elections in the DRC by native blogger includes discussion of irregularities. And no one seems to know who won yet.
Congo  Africa  elections 
august 2006 by McChris
Elections and a great deal of hope
This overview of Sunday's elections in the DRC emphasizes the social impact of the militias that fought in Congo's civil wars and how victims and militia members living side-by-side has created tension in the nation.
Congo  Africa  elections  politics  war 
july 2006 by McChris
Foreign Policy: Congo’s Implausible Democracy
Analysis of the upcoming elections in the DRC, the first since it gained independence in 1960 and two devastating wars in the 1990s.
Africa  Congo  elections  politics  war 
july 2006 by McChris

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