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to scan the article I thought to myself, “Our current voting system is broken.”Stuck between paper ballots and other outdated voting systems America’s election infrastructure is lagging behind. Outdated voting machines, complex state laws that have made ID verification difficult, and accusations of voter fraud are not unique to the California primary.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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Both parties headed West on Tuesday with the Republican party using blockchain voting in Utah. This was one of the first times that online voting has been allowed via a state party. With around 59,000 people, CryptoCoinNews reported that Utah Republicans signed up in numbers. It would indeed seem like a momentous day for any and all advocates that wish […]
Brian Fox joining Follow My Vote as an Advisor has been one of the biggest updates of 2016 so far. Brian J. Fox is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, consultant, author, free software advocate, and original author of the GNU Bash shell. Currently, Brian is the CEO of a venture technology company called Opus Logica, […]
Millennials are our people, they more than any other demographic understand the value and importance of incorporating technology into our political process, whenever possible. Needless to say, I went to the International Students For Liberty Conference in Washington D.C. to connect with the millennial generation and make sure that they were aware of our project […]
In the United States, there are two main ways to determine how candidates are selected for various elected positions. These are known as primaries and caucuses. Caucuses Caucuses are used to make a variety of decisions in political parties. It is well known that parties hold caucuses to select nominations for presidential races. But caucuses […]
To keep up with the exact voting laws in each state of the United States, (and this is just for the presidential election) it takes unfortunately a rather savvy individual with enough free time to research how to navigate these difficult waters. It is extremely easy to get confused on how to vote depending on […]
With primaries just around the corner, political advertising campaigns among party favorites is about to sky rocket. Every election year you can find signs in people’s front years, billboards along highways and campaign visits to college campuses, big cities, and small towns. Well, that is not just where the bulk of the advertising money is […]
Although not the only search engine in the world, Google is by far the largest and has expanded into many different areas of the web. Including their social media site, Google+ and acquiring Youtube, Google is an incredibly large force that won’t be reckoned with anytime soon. Google has recently tried their own hand at […]
Are millennials (Generation Y) living up to their stigma of being apathetic and uninterested in political issues? Some could say so based on this video: In the video, one can learn two things; (1) everyone knows who Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton is, and (2) it seems as if all other candidates do not stand […]
Voting machines are outdated and compromising the very purpose they were designed to fulfill. With insecure methods, the very fabric of our political system is at stake. There is one machine however that is even worse than the already treacherously low standard for voting equipment. This type of machine is called the AVS WinVote and […]
The primaries are an often overlooked but important part of which candidate becomes the president of the United States. There is an interesting rule however that states that you can only vote for a candidate in the party for which you are registered to vote under. This rule makes it so that you are forced […]
There is some interesting news when it comes to making online voting progress. A recent article in The Hill discusses a progressive group that will use an online voting system to endorse a 2016 presidential candidate. Democracy For America (DFA) in Burlington, VT, is holding the election from Dec. 7-15. Anyone can participate, by giving their name, […]
Earlier this month, well known talk show host, Thom Hartmann talked with Richard Charnin about election fraud in the state of Kentucky. Richard Charnin is an election research quantitative analyst and model developer. Charnin is also the author of Matrix of Deceit: Forcing Pre-election and Exit Polls to Match Fraudulent Vote Counts. In the following […]
The 2016 presidential election is exposing a lot of the shortcomings in our democratic process and how bipartisan politics mixed with antiquated methods of voting have made for a rather corrupt current political climate. This is now being exposed as inaccurate polls are being released after the presidential debates. How much more will it take […]
The online voting movement is seeing progress in Europe! The European Parliament has voted to adopt a set of reforms to the 1976 EU Electoral Act. The vote tally was 315 to 254. Of the reforms included, the most notable and important was the need for member states to provide an online voting method for […]