If you have been paying attention to the news lately you have heard about the Baltimore riots and the incident surrounding Freddie Gray. Many people are quick to jump to conclusions. These days you are usually on one side or the other. The police are either too brutal and are evading justice or the criminals are out […]
It would seem that even after an understood push back of implementation date and all of the physical proof surrounding the safety and viability of Florida’s online voter registration there still seems to be educated people out there that do not truly understand the nature of the work that goes into securing any kind of […]
Our Founder & CEO, Adam Kaleb Ernest, was recently invited overseas to attend a national summit meeting for the Pirate Party of Norway, as a way to introduce Follow My Vote’s new and innovative verifiable online voting platform to Pirate Party members and citizens of Norway. The Pirate Party exists across 6 continents and in approximately 61 countries […]
On the horizon of Hilary Clinton formally announcing her campaign this article takes a look at some of the numbers surrounding smartphone usage in the American public and how it has already affected media and advertising platforms for recent elections. Using the connectivity that social media and smartphones as a whole offer the political platform […]
On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 NuSpark held a celebration for a successful first year as an entrepreneurship space where Follow My Vote put on a voting demo. Follow My Vote is one of three teams to have graduated NuSpark and move to a real office or a start up accelerator. As a graduate we were invited […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
To kickoff each fall semester, Virginia Tech hosts an event called Gobblerfest to welcome the incoming freshman class and encourage them to learn about various clubs and extracurricular activities available to students. At Gobblerfest, clubs and organizations setup booths and hand out information about why students should join their respective club. The diversity of clubs at […]
July 4, 1776… It was the birth of a nation grounded in the revolutionary spirit of a people who yearned for something better. They yearned for a set of principles that they had never known before… Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These principles instilled a fire into a people that, once it started […]
Across the nation, tens of thousands of students are donning caps and gowns to walk across the stage to receive their diplomas. But before they do so, speakers invited by the universities take the stage to deliver the commencement. However, this year, amid congressional gridlock and plummeting presidential approval rates, students are expressing their discontent […]
In the wake of Russia’s continued aggression in the region of Crimea and their unwillingness to listen to western calls to exit the region, President Obama announced that he, and the other 6 countries of the former G-8 would not be attending the economic summit in Sochi, Russia this year. The G-8 is a forum […]
With the United States and the world facing a multitude of problems from crisis in Ukraine and Venezuela, to looming healthcare bills and rising oil prices in the United States, we take this blog post to discuss the work of our leaders in Washington and how they are responding at such a testing time. Ukraine: […]
It is evident that Ukraine, the Eastern European country that is home to 46 million people, has been all over the news, as images of protests and violence have surfaced, in the past few weeks, displaying the country’s dire situation. It is important for the average American citizen to understand the situation as it has […]
Venezuela. This Latin American country often goes not talked about in the United States, as it has not been a large security risk, economic threat, or important area of trade and for that matter a country of tremendous interest in U.S. politics. If it is mentioned, its often due to their mostly anti-American stance of […]
This past week marked an important landmark in Internet legislation as The D.C. Court of Appeals struck down the FCC’s ruling that prohibited Internet providers, like Verizon and AT&T, from blocking any legal information or access on their network. This notion is based on the concept of open Internet rules, which demand that providers remain […]