In the old days we would drive around to the polling booths prior to the big day to sus out the entrances, shade, gates, premium spots for signs and other trivia that interests people who stand around on the big day.

Google maps now allows for satellite, terrain and street views to be mapped and distributed from the comfort of the study desk.

What other technology applications have you found that assist the electoral process?

What is it with Queenslanders?




:P

It was technological limitations that lumbered us with the current system of one representative per electorate. Currently available technologies open up great opportunities, like voting by delegable proxy.

Getting rid of mandatory voting will allow me to apply my television set to the election process because that means I can stay at home and watch it instead of going out to vote.

aikmann4 wrote on Feb 5^th, 2010 at 10:12pm:

Getting rid of mandatory voting will allow me to apply my television set to the election process because that means I can stay at home and watch it instead of going out to vote.

Beg to differ (cheers to the Armenians, btw), but compulsory voting, to my mind, is another expression of 'you have rights but also responsibilities'. It means that the opening gambit of engagement in the political process is that "we take you, citizen, as an equal. Equal rights, equal responsibilities. Take yourself seriouly. We do".