Well it has started! A blockchain based rewards program has begun. With many different avenues in business finding a usability for blockchain technology should bring the usefulness to the front of American naysayers. The main issue with the public is the hurdle of trust. As we as a nation begin to utilize this technology we […]
BitCoin and blockchain technology are full of extremely technical aspects and jargon, we understand completely that much of it is difficult to follow if you are not tapped into the industry directly. This article summarizes a summit that is being held to push the envelope on blockchain technology and Bitcoin. The summit will allow for […]
Last week, Follow My Vote attended the California Joint 2014 New Law Workshop hosted by the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials (CACEO) and the County Recorders’ Association of California. As an exhibitor, Follow My Vote held a table for the first two days and displayed various brochures and literature about our online open […]
Could we make blockchain technology useful in international banking? While the very same technology could play a major part in voting in America it has many more applications than one may realize. 3 major international banking corporations are giving block chain technology a serious look to speed up international monetary transfers, This is a great start […]
Readers, the moment has arrived. Over the last ten days, we at Follow My Vote have been providing you with just a smidgen of examples of various problems that have plagued online voting in the past. While the initial readings probably left you with a sense of, “Wow, then how can we hope for this […]
Bitcoin may be a thing of the past but the blockchain is here to stay. Blockchain technology is posing as the new front runner for digital exchange, and not only with voting. When introduced, Bitcoin mining was something any coder or developer could easily do to make an extra buck. But as Bitcoin grew and […]
Readers, we just want to start this post off by saying thank you for keeping up so far, it is your continued interest that drives us to keep going, and for that we are truly appreciative. Until this point, we have been covering the issues that online voting has endured to this point, but now […]
Readers, thank you for joining us for Part Three of Follow My Vote’s Road to California series. Last time, we had a look at some of the efforts our neighbors in Estonia and Norway had taken, and while there has been a moderate amount of success, the processes are still highly flawed and open to […]
Welcome to Part Two of Follow My Vote’s look at some of the online voting systems that exist in the world today. In our first part, which can be found here, we took a look at some of the systems that had been cooked up in the good ol’ United States. Now, it’s time to […]
The 21st century has seen the rise of some amazing new technological developments, this is a fact that can not be denied. In fact, it is growing at a nearly exponential pace, an idea first presented by Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel. Think about that for a second. Your toaster today probably has a more […]
Folks, we are presenting this piece to you as we stand on the forefront of a potential breakthrough. If you’ve happened to view the news in the last few days, you may have noticed that humanity has landed a probe on Comet 67P, discovered how to use the Internet to produce telepathy, and (per a Scottish distillery) recently […]
We all understand that voter turnout has been a major challenge in the electoral process of America. The more people you have voting the better the American “Voice” can be heard. While this article goes into many different ways that we as a country could increase voter turnout the aspect that is on everyone’s minds […]
We thought this was in interesting article looking into the foggy waters that is Campaign Laws and how social media properties and platforms are being leveraged to disclose important information about polling data. Considering the Federal Election Commission has never before had to address a situation like the one discussed in the article we really […]
Here is a wonderful article from April that we wanted to make sure you didn’t miss concerning a Danish political party. While the updates to this test are proving difficult to find it is great to see forward movement in the industry. With consumer confidence surrounding open source and the transparency it offers there is […]
As we saw in 2010 and 2012, the digital revolution is far reaching. It has now stretched into the American voting process. While the manipulation of districts and “voter lines” has long been an issue, we begin to wonder if the same issues will be seen in the digital rollover of American Voting. Technologies like […]
This article goes deep into the voter fraud and disenfranchisement of the American voter, Graphs showing what the citizens feel are points in which we may be able to improve the process, pointing out that people who should be able to vote are not being allowed and people that should not be allowed to vote […]
Tsk, tsk America. As you all may know, we are just a few days removed from the 2014 Midterm Elections. However, what you may not know…is that this election had the worst voter turnout since 1942. To put it in a more blunt manner, this was simply atrocious. In fact, this midterm also holds the […]
Whether its pitching to potential investors and United States Congressmen at DC TechDay 2014 in Washington D.C. or sparking intense interest at industry related conferences, such as Inside Bitcoins, Follow My Vote is gaining traction on a daily basis! At this time, we are excited to announce the latest development in our quest to create a more […]
Follow My Vote attended the Inside Bitcoins conference, which took place October 5th-7th in Las Vegas, Nevada, to network and listen to keynote speeches from industry leaders. Some of the more memorable speeches were from Dan Larimer, Patrick Byrne, and Bobby Lee. Dan Larimer, founder of BitShares, gave a keynote speech called “Bitcoin and Beyond”. In […]
Follow My Vote attended DC TechDay on October 2, 2014, and was well received by attendees and vendors alike. TechDay is an event where both startups and established businesses can debut their new tech related products and services in an effort to attract top talent and potential investors. Companies compete to showcase their exciting new […]