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Monitoring the U.S. Elections Online?

Posted by Cliff on from the tallying-up-those-electoral-votes dept.

shahman wonders: "I'll be on the road all day this election day, so the only access I'll have is through my PDA/Phone. I was wondering if any Slashdot readers know of WAP-enabled services or low-bandwidth sites that are providing (semi) real-time election coverage?" Nobbin has a similar, but less bandwidth-restrictive question: "I was wondering where I could find live results for the coming U.S. election, online. I live in Australia so I can't get them through watching CNN and so forth. I'm looking for something similar to the Austalian Electoral Commission's virtual tally room. So far, Google hasn't turned up much."

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  1. Watch the stocket market by macdaddy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For me all I have to do is watch the value of one of my stocks. Specifically I just have to watch the value of my StemCells, Inc (Nasdaq: STEM) stock. I own 3000 shares of it. If Kerry is doing well then so will my stock. If Kerry isn't doing so well then my stock value will probably go down. Personally I am predicting a record payday for me tomorrow. So are many others apparently. Stay tuned...

  2. REAL monitoring by nordicfrost · · Score: 4, Interesting
    You see, Colin Powell invited representatives from the OSCE (org. for security and cooperation in Europe) to actually monitor the election. Now they are BARRED from the place wherre people cast their ballots, due t local rules. Member of Parliament in Norway, Bjørn Hernæs, said he was stunned but admired the ammount of self-rule the lokal states have.


    Personally, I think it is because the lokal election stations are so badly run, the states fear what might happen if someone saw and documented it.