I was just taking a quick scan of the Blog-O-Sphere to see what is being said about the E-Democracy.Org - E-Debate.
At Designing For Civil Society David Wilcox had the following comments:
Political candidates once needed skills in dealing with hecklers … then reporters and TV cameras. Now it’s citizen’s media. Steven Clift, who has been promoting […]
As part of the E-Democracy.Org 2006 Gubernatorial E-Debate, we’re encouraging citizens to upload their own election related content to free web sites like Flickr (mnpolitics) and YouTube (mnpolitics). We’d love to see folks get creative in expressing their candidate or issues preferences/opinions, using these free services - while “tagging” their content “mn06,” “mnpolitics,” or “minnesota […]
I just got this message from E-Democracy.Org volunteer, David Stein:
MyBallot goes national !!!
I’ve wanted to say that for quite some time. As of right now, www.myballot.net covers the entire state of Florida for eight state wide offices (over 400 candidates). For four years, MyBallot has been a one state show – and now […]
What do Minnesota and Florida have in common? Their ballot and polling place data from their Secretary of State’s allow us to offer easy access to who in ony ballot and where do you vote. Thank you Minnesota and Florida.
Launched in 2002 by volunteer David Stein (thank you!), MyBallot.Net 2006 is now open with […]
Watch this video for some quick tips on recording and sharing video via YouTube as part of our Voter Voices effort.
For Immediate Release
ALL CANDIDATES FOR MINNESOTA GOVERNOR AGREE TO NATION’S ONLY STATEWIDE ONLINE DEBATE
MINNESOTA GUBERNATORIAL E-DEBATE TO RUN OCTOBER 9TH - 19TH
GRAND RAPIDS, MN (September 28, 2006) The era of YouTube(TM) and MySpace(TM) meets Minnesota’s strong civic tradition of innovation, thanks to a new online debate with the gubernatorial candidates co-sponsored by Blandin Foundation and […]
All of the candidates on the ballot have officially confirmed their participation in the e-debate!
Now we need to hear from more voters this week with their proposed questions:
[Email address: e-debates #AT# e-democracy.org - replace #AT# with @ ]
Watch this post for an update with text you can e-mail to others.
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org
Here is the text […]
Today MPR carried the first candidate debate with the three candidates leading in the polls hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. It will also be on KSTP (link pending) television.
As the AP report noted, the “debate didn’t leave the candidates much room to spell out specific policies on health care, transportation, energy, education and taxes. […]
E-Debates are back. Election links are expanding.
In this message …
1. Suggest Debate Questions
2. Voters Voices
3. Volunteers
4. E-Debate Supporters
5. Local Candidate and other Election Links
E-Democracy.Org and media partners, with the support of the Blandin Foundation, are putting together an online debate among Minnesota’s candidates for Governor:
e-democracy.org/mnelections - Link/blog here.
As we confirm the details […]
I’ll save the official notice for later, but check out our behind the scenes work.