Online

Republicans Are Afraid The Iowa Caucus Might Get Hacked

Bachmann. Gingrich. Romney. Perry. Paul. Outside of Paul, that’s a murderer’s row of icky politicky politicans and a group so easy to poke fun of the jokes write themselves. More seriously though, the GOP believes hackers are targeting the Iowa caucus polling system to screw with results and mess with the Republicans. I wonder why!


September 19, 2011
News

Pirate Party Wins Seat In German Parrrrrrrrliament

Gizmodo AU

Walk the polling plank, ye landlubbers! It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Scuttlebutt from over the briny seas says that the German Pirate party has ransacked the mainland, taking a seat in the Berlin parliament.


July 27, 2011
News

How The 2004 Presidential Election May Have Been Hacked

Ohio’s 2004 presidential election is one many won’t forget. Democrat John Kerry was the leader and exit polls pegged him as the winner. Defying explanation, a last-minute shift in votes favoured Republican George W. Bush and propelled him to victory.


November 3, 2010
Online

Google Tool May Have Wrong Polling Place Locations

Google’s polling place locator was supposed to make your life easier by guiding you to the appropriate polling place so that you can vote. The only trouble? It may have guided hundreds of thousands to the wrong place.


Online

The Year In Dumb Political Tweets

It’s as inevitable as the tides: Politicians will say stupid things – especially in an election year. And if you thought Twitter was any less of an ideal platform for putting your foot squarely your in mouth, think again.


November 2, 2010
Science

What Tomorrow’s US Elections Mean For Science And Technology

Tuesday’s US midterm elections could mean more than just a routine reshuffling of the House and Senate majorities. The fates of a number of important science and technology policies also hang in the balance.


October 22, 2010
Computing

Watch This Voting Machine Change Someone’s Vote

When programmer Don Relyea tried to choose one candidate on his voting machine, the computer chose a different candidate – plus four other candidates from the same, incorrect party – right in front of him. He captured the whole thing on video.


October 7, 2010
Online

Students Hack Web Voting System To Play College Fight Song

A pilot internet voting program in Washington DC for this November’s elections has been scrapped. Why? Well, officials invited hackers to give the system their “best shot”, and some university kids did – and pulled off a pretty good prank.


August 23, 2010
Entertainment

Aussie Election Gets The News Animation Treatment

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I know the election is done and dusted – well, it will be next week once postal votes are counted and the two parties pucker up to kiss the independents’ butts – but I still couldn’t resist sharing the latest animation from NMA.


August 20, 2010
Software

Some Tech Tools For Voting Tomorrow…

Gizmodo AU

Voting day tomorrow! If you’ve never voted before or just want to make the entire process a little easier by using technology, here are some handy tools to make your voting as easy as ignoring the mountains of pamphlets people will try and give to you as you go to vote.