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Voting Rights Coalition Arms Voters With Election Protection App
Galvanized by the slew of Voter ID laws that state legislatures have enacted around the country, a coalition of non-profits launched a new election protection app for smartphones Thursday with the...
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Why YouTube's Election Hub is Fizzling
YouTube’s livestreaming Elections Hub received a swell of press coverage at launch, but come its first event – the Republican National Convention – the number of viewers was pitifully small. Do the low...
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Google Launches A Civic Information API For The Upcoming U.S. Elections
Google just launched a new free API that will make it easier for developers to add civic information like polling places, early vote locations, candidate data and election official information to...
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A U.S. District Court judge in Montana, just weeks before Election Day, tossed the state’s campaign contribution limits saying only that the limits are unconstitutional because they “prevent candidates...
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Mobile Election Coverage Still Can't Match TV
Call this the first Post-PC U.S. presidential election. Sure, in 2008 we had iPhones and Android was celebrating its first birthday, but the smartphone revolution was just beginning and the iPad was...
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Get Ready to Vote with Google
Every four years in the United States, people prepare to head to the polls and increasingly search for information about how to register to vote, where to vote and who is on their ballot. Even though...
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Uber And Zipcar Offering Discounted Rides On Election Day
Get yourself to the voting booth in style: Uber is offering free black sedan services to the polls on Election Day (for first-time Uber users). Or, if you want to pick up some groceries after...
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Election Day Prep: Is Your Congressman Tech-Friendly?
Election day is nigh and many of us haven’t decided how we’re voting tomorrow. TechCruch is here to soothe your low-information guilt: Our CrunchGov Congressional report card grades each member of the...
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Visualizing Election 2012 with Foursquare
We’ve had the privilege of designing and developing several applications that use technology to inform voters and increase their participation in our democracy. Tomorrow, we’re proud to be working with...
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Where America’s Racist Tweets Come From
Researchers analyzed racist tweets by location, and came up with revealing results. Warning: This post contains harsh, vulgar and racist words. More About: 2012 Presidential Election, Twitter, racism,...
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