Follow My Vote sponsored the The 5th annual Bocce Ball Tournament hosted by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce(MCCC). The tournament was held on June 23, 2016. A total of 50 teams participated with every team guaranteed to play at least 5 games. The top 16 teams then played for a single elimination round. Team members Will […]
Politicon 2016 was an incredible event! Follow My Vote attended as an exhibitor, while CEO, Adam Ernest, spoke on a panel regarding rigged elections. The non-partisan political conference took place in Pasadena, California, over June 25 and 26. Many well known politicians, tv hosts, and political thought leaders attended. Some of the most notable were Gov. […]
Well, it happened. The results came in this morning, Brexit won with 51.9% of the vote. The United Kingdom is on track to leave the European Union which will take approximately two years. The Dow Jones Index has dropped about 3% because of the news. The pound has dropped about 11% since yesterday, leading many […]
A referendum is being held on Thursday, June 23, 2016, to decide if Britain should leave or stay in the European Union. A referendum is essentially a yes or no vote to a particular question. (Also a perfect time to use verifiable blockchain voting software) What does Brexit mean? It is a combination of Britain and exit. Here […]
Follow My Vote was featured on the radio show, Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, on June 21st. The reason why? To promote our Kickstarter! CEO, Adam Ernest and CTO, Nathan Hourt joined Ernest Hancock on his radio show to let listeners know about our Parallel Election. This election will run alongside the 2016 Presidential […]
In an interview with Joe Mohen, the former CEO of election.com, Amber Phillips of the Washington Post tried to breakdown why online voting hasn’t been a reality. In an age where you can order food online in the comfort of your bed, the technology to vote already exists. Many critics of such technology say it is […]
With 42% of precincts in, CNN has just reported that Hillary Clinton won the DC Primary with a huge majority of the vote. At this rate, Hillary Clinton will net at least 14 or 15 delegates, with a margin so wide that she would have won by a larger margin than any Bernie Sanders win except in […]
Follow My Vote CEO, Adam Ernest, will join other voting and political thought leaders in a Politicon Panel. The Panel titled “Big Debate! Are U.S. Elections Rigged?” will be held on Saturday, June 25 from 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Ernest will join Frank Atwood of Approval voting, Nate Kaplan of SeePolitical, and Kimberley J Abels of HeadCount. Topics […]
As I continued to scan the article I thought to myself, “Our current voting system is broken.”Stuck between paper ballots and other outdated voting systems America’s election infrastructure is lagging behind. Outdated voting machines, complex state laws that have made ID verification difficult, and accusations of voter fraud are not unique to the California primary. […]
With Hillary Clinton being declared the presumptive nominee, voter turnout is expected to be low for the DC Primary. Going 57th in the primary order means that often times the nominee has already been decided, but that’s nothing new to Tuesday’s set of voters. They’re used to getting the short end of the stick. DC […]
Our latest press feature comes from a nationwide news show! Follow My Vote was featured on NewsWatch Television on the Discovery Channel on Friday, June 10th, from 7:00-7:30 AM ET/PT. Each edition of NewsWatch reaches more than 96 million households nationwide. The episode was listed in cable guides as the ” Dads and Grads Tech Special’. […]
A new poll has revealed that 70% of people want both proportional representation and online voting in Canada. The poll was carried out by the NRG Research Group and Peak Communications. The research also showed interesting findings on the preferences of voting methods. Both the United States and Canada currently use first-past-the-post (the candidate who receives more votes […]
OK, so we didn’t quite make our initial goal of $3.2 million on Kickstarter. But, the Follow My Vote team does not give up so easily. Today, we’re announcing our Kickstarter campaign reboot! We learned tricks, tips, and lessons from our first campaign. We even made a blog post titled “8 Mistakes To Avoid When […]
In February 2016 our CEO, Adam Ernest, was interviewed by the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council. In the Take Five Questionnaire Series, the RBTC looks to gain insights into the minds of local CEOs. Here is a transcript of the interview: RBTC: What are some of the regional resources that have contributed to your success? Adam: NuSpark, […]
When it comes to giving trust to someone, many of us would agree that it is super important. But then, when it comes to voting, we analyze the statistics that are proving that many voters do not vote due to numerous reasons like forgetting, not having the time, being sick, believing that your vote might be stolen, and […]
Raising money isn’t easy, especially on Kickstarter. As the leader of Follow My Vote and creator of our first Kickstarter campaign, I accept full responsibility for our Kickstarter campaign having not yet reached its goal. Upon creating, launching, and marketing Follow My Vote’s Kickstarter campaign, it has become quite clear that I made some mistakes I […]
The Washington Primary had no surprises. With no competitors in sight, Donald Trump is just cruising through these primaries now. After his last major in-party opponent dropped out earlier, he has focused his attacks on “Corrupt Hillary” as he likes to call her. It shouldn’t be a surprise then that he won the Washington Primary by […]
Follow My Vote’s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter has been featured in the Roanoke Times. Reporter, Yann Ranaivo, of the Roanoke Times interviewed Follow My Vote CEO, Adam Ernest to get all the details. A startup relying on online currency technology to try to make elections more transparent is seeking millions of dollars in crowdfunding to […]
On April 15, 2016, Nathan Hourt, Follow My Vote CTO, gave a blockchain speech at the computer science department at Harding University entitled Blocked & Loaded | Why Blockchain Technology Matters & What it can do for You. In regards to the presentation, Nathan stated: This seminar was presented to the Computer Science Department at Harding […]
Christina Tobin and the Free and Equal Elections Foundation have released a video featuring Ed Asner and a “political call to arms”. Ed Asner, the legendary actor who was once black-listed and former President of the Screen Actors Guild met with Free & Equal President Christina Tobin last week searching for solutions to the concerns he […]