Taking Video or Photos of Yourself Voting is Illegal

in some states. This is not to prevent documentation of who you vote for but rather to stop the selling of your vote.

After the 2000 Election debacle, Web 2.0 has come to the rescue. The NY Times has reported on wikis that have been set up to monitor voting.

Voter Suppression Wiki

SourceWatch’s Election Protection Wiki

Video the Vote project

You Tube Video Your Vote

Would we have elected George W. Bush if we had wikis collaborating to monitor the voting in the 2000 election?

Hold a Mock Election in Your School

Using Google Forms our school set up an online ballot where voter demographic information and rationale for voting for a particular candidate can be collected. Math classes can do a statistical analysis of voter information while social studies classes can analyze the reasons voters give for voting for their candidate. The Google Form collects the data in a Google Spreadsheet that can be shared among teachers. See of Google Form ballot here.

Web 2.0 and the Election

McCain is encouraging posts on blogs of every political angle. Posters are encouraged to email the campaign with their work.



Obama lets people embed code to place his tax savings calculator on their websites.