First POST: Caught
BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, November 12 2012
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: How the FBI used a trail of emails to unravel disgraced CIA Director David Petraeus' affair; a simple web app to watch Mitt Romney's Facebook friends disappear; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
First POST: Rethinking the Ad
BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, November 9 2012
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: After a rough election day, Republicans reconsider the way they campaign; some of the big online ad spends in the election; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
First POST: Understanding the Data
BY Miranda Neubauer | Thursday, November 8 2012
Was this going to be Mitt Romney's transition website?
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Did reporters find what might have been Mitt Romney's transition website? That and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
First POST: Obama's Win
BY Miranda Neubauer | Wednesday, November 7 2012
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Here are some of the best reads around the web parsing Barack Obama's re-election win as it relates to technology in politics, all in today's roundup of news from around the web. Read More
First POST: Pulling the Lever
BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, November 6 2012
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Last-minute online ad pushes from both campaigns; election-day problems for voters casting a ballot in the wake of Hurricane Sandy; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
As Election Nears, Mormon Democrats a Newly Significant Voice Online
BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, November 5 2012
No matter who wins the election Tuesday, the campaign has helped establish an online voice for a population with a unique perspective in this election -- self-described Mormon Democrats and supporters of Obama. Read More
First POST: Taking Stock
BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, November 5 2012
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: As concerns begin to rise about last-minute changes to voting procedures in key states and hundreds of thousands of people in New York continue to struggle to stay warm and dry without power or heat, your First POST this morning takes a comprehensive look at how people are using technology to make it easier to vote, track Hurricane Sandy recovery and more. Read More
Online Tools to Help You Get from the Ballot Box and Back
BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, November 2 2012
In just a few days the long presidential election campaign will be over, and — hopefully — the deciding votes cast. But Election Day will for some mean polling places changed in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, voter ID laws to comply with, potentially long lines to get to the voting booth and maybe even some unfamiliar decisions to make on the ballot.
There's an entire fleet of online tools to help voters through this process, whether they're dedicated to helping report problems at polling place or to get up to speed on where to vote and what to vote on. TechPresident has been compiling a list of election-day resources that we're ready to share. We think we got most of them but invite you to help by letting us know about any we've missed. We're also sharing an anyone-can-edit Google spreadsheet with the list we've found so far, and hope you can add to it.
Read MoreFirst POST: Keeping Track
BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, November 2 2012
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: How New York City's tech sector is organizing itself to respond to Hurricane Sandy and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More
First POST: The Shaming Begins
BY Miranda Neubauer | Thursday, November 1 2012
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: A new Pew survey finds that Obama supporters are more likely to have been visited at home by someone talking about the campaign; inside a new push by progressive group MoveOn to use "social pressure" to get out the vote; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More