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Steven Clift Democracies Online ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: PoliticsOnline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 15:30:23 "GMT" Subject: The Weekly PoliTicker ----------THE WEEKLY POLITICKER---------- The Newswire of Politics on the Internet A publication of PoliticsOnline --- Fundraising and Internet Tools for Politics http://www.PoliticsOnline.com For the Week Ending October 13, 2000 ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- POLITICKER HEADLINES ----------------------------------------- NET STORY OF THE WEEK -- I think ICANN, I think ICANN.... CAMPAIGN 2000 ONLINE -- TIME’s Campaign Site Guide -- SPAM Unleashed! -- The Online Debate Continues -- Campaigns Talk Microsoft -- Politics, Privacy, and Profiling -- Buchanan’s XXX Site -- Net: Campaigns for All! -- HillaRick & the Legend of the E-Tax -- ‘Big Brother’ at 1600 Pennsylvania? -- Debates: The Online Spin Cycle -- Wake Forest‘s Tech Take on the Debate -- Campaigns: Voters, Volunteer thru Net -- Bush & Gore on Net Issues -- Tech Bosses Advise Candidates POLITICS FROM AROUND THE WEB -- Netizens: High Voter Turnout -- Vote Early, Vote Often.... -- Online Polls: More Scientific Than We Thought? -- Senate Sites: Election Shut-Down -- Sites Back Up TV Spots -- Lazio: Asks Nation to Give Online -- Calif: Racist Campaign Site? -- Windy City: VoteAuction Going....Going.... -- Microsoft’s Funny Money -- MP3. com Heads to Polls HOTSITE -- Rolling Cyber Debate Earns Web White & Blue 2nd Award E-GOVT. NEWS -- Online Voting: How Soon? -- Online Registration ---------------------------------------- POLITICKER'S NET STORY OF THE WEEK ----------------------------------------- ICANN’S ONLINE ELECTIONS OFFER GLIMPSE OF WHAT’S TO COME A few technical glitches aside, the online elections of five board members of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers suffered the double whammy of the typical electoral and Internet woes -- the former being disputes over the campaign process and low voter turnout, the latter, the failure to meet the unreal expectations of the steroid-enhanced media hype. When you consider the fact that ICANN is hardly a household acronym on top of all this, the very fact that such an election was held seems an impressive feat on its own. Despite the flaws, ICANN’s elections still may have successfully laid the groundwork for e-government and future online elections. (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/12/technology/12ICAN.html -subscription required (digitalMass) http://digitalmass.boston.com/columns/internet/1011.html (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39283,00.html (BBC) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39385,00.html (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_963000/963657.stm (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39385,00.html ----------------------------------------- POLITICKER'S QUOTE OF THE WEEK ----------------------------------------- (San Francisco Chronicle) -- NetElection.org’s Steve Schneider on the Internet’s role in the 2000 election: “In 1952, Eisenhower had TV commercials of cartoon dancing elephants waving little GOP flags in their trunks. The Web this year is like those dancing elephants; we’ll look back at this year’s sites and say, ‘Isn’t that cute?’” http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/ 09/BU115055.DTL ----------------------------------------- CAMPAIGN 2000 ONLINE ----------------------------------------- TIME’S E-LECTION 2000 WEBSITE GUIDE (Time) The Web was out in force at the political conventions. Now it's ready to help you make the right choice in the voting booth. http://www.time.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,57446,00.html SPAMMING OUT THE VOTE As the tightest presidential campaign in 40 years enters its final weeks, both the Democratic and Republican national committees are using any and all means to drum up support -- including mass email campaigns. Unfortunately, the GOP seems have to popped open a Pandora’s box -- or tin container, as the case maybe -- of everyone’s favorite processed meat product: their SPAM is out of control. (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39404,00.html (The Register) http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13824.html DEBATING THE ONLINE WAY (BBC) The web has come a long way since the last presidential election four years ago. It's now not only possible to watch live video streams of the debates, but also to participate in polls, chat and even get a comic take on events. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_968000/968331.stm CANDIDATES’ STAND-INS TAKE POSITIONS ON MICROSOFT CASE (Newsbytes) A panel of economic experts pressed representatives from both the Gore and Bush campaigns for details on each candidate’s stance on a range of tech policy issues, and the future of the Microsoft case in particular. Surprisingly, that stance brought neither candidate’s tongue as close to Bill Gates’ boots as you might think. http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/156430.html POLITICS, PRIVACY, AND PROFILING (The Industry Standard) Polls show that people are concerned about losing control of their private data, especially online. In this political season the media are rehashing the privacy issue and probing the ways politicians do a bit of privacy violating of their own. http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19231,00.html BUCHANAN SUIT SEEKS TO STOP PORN LINKS (AP) Fresh from the “Appropriately Ironic” department: certain Web sites about Reform Party presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan are baring more than politics - they link to pornography, which has irked Buchanan and running mate Ezola Foster. http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500267556-500415789-502562 228-0,00.html WEB SITE LETS EVERYONE TRY POLITICS OF DECEIT (Boston Globe) By the pranksters' best estimates, at least 1,205 people are running for president this time around. Bush and Gore, of course. Nader, Buchanan, and Hagelin, too. Then there are the candidates with absolutely no name recognition, presidential hopefuls so far from the mainstream that no one bothered to disqualify them from the debates. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/285/nation/Web_site_lets_everyone_try_po litics_of_deceit+.shtml CANDIDATES OPPOSE NONEXISTENT NET TAXES Thanks to the Net, urban legends can now move up to the next level. Consider the hoax of Federal Bill 602P, an e-mail tax, and the courageous stands Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio took against it in their recent debate. (The Industry Standard) http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19229,00.html (ClickZ) http://clickz.com/cgi-bin/gt/article.html?article=2569 ‘BIG BROTHER’ IN THE WHITE HOUSE: ORWELL OR RATINGS PLOY? (Washington Times) Vice President Al Gore allowed that he would consider placing a 24-hour Web cam inside the Oval Office, should he take up residence there next year. Will Martin Sheen still win the Emmy? http://www.washtimes.com/national/default-20001010224347.htm TAKING SPIN ALLEY TO THE WEB (Washingtonpost.com) So who won the e-buttal battle during last week's debates? Using volume and timeliness of material as the criteria, the Bush campaign dominated the first presidential affair. But the Gore team recovered in the veep contest and gets credit for the only real innovation with its new InstantMessageNet service. http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38421-2000Oct9.html?GXHC_gx_ses sion_id_FutureTenseContentServer=9cc3d9d8deffb7a7 WAKE FOREST TAKES TECH APPROACH TO PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (Raleigh News & Observer) When Wake Forest University applied to host a debate between Al Gore and George W. Bush, the school had several obvious advantages, most importantly, its effort to spark interest among high school students and other young voters nationwide with a new phenomenon in elections -- the Internet. http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500267021-500414808-502551 935-0,00.html CAMPAIGNS PLUG INTO NET TO REACH VOTERS, VOLUNTEERS (San Francisco Chronicle) Once precinct workers pounded the pavement to get out the vote. Now they just pound their computer keyboards. The Internet has come into its own as a political force. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/ 09/BU115055.DTL BUSH, GORE PRESENT STANDS ON GOV’T & NET PRIVACY (Detriot Free Press) In its ongoing Campaign Watch series, the Detriot Free Press quizzes the two major presidential candidates on the role of the federal government in Internet privacy. http://www.freep.com/news/politics/stand9_20001009.htm SILICON VALLEY SUPPORTERS PROVIDE CANDIDATES WITH TECH ADVICE (San Francisco Chronicle) George W. Bush and Al Gore both took a page from the Web's biggest success stories, turning to high-octane Silicon Valley supporters for Internet advice and borrowing the tools of e-commerce. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/ 09/BU113884.DTL ---------------------------------------- POLITICS FROM AROUND THE WEB ----------------------------------------- HUGE PERCENTAGE OF NET USERS PLAN TO VOTE (Newsbytes) Nearly 90 percent of all Internet users intend to vote in the upcoming presidential election, according to a study released Wednesday. http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/156578.html STUFFING THE ONLINE BALLOT BOX (ABC News) Through their massive e-mail lists, both parties are encouraging supporters to flood Internet news sites and load up the online polls with votes for their candidates. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/netpolitics001010.html NEWLY REFINED NET POLS BEAT PUNDITS’ RESERVATIONS (Christian Science Monitor) Just as the polling industry faces the worst of its stormy voyage, help is on the horizon. It's the Internet to the rescue. http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/10/12/fp18s1-csm.shtml SENATE WEB RULES STYMIE ONLINE CAMPAIGNING (USA Today) A Senate rule that was supposed to discourage unfair politicking on Senate Web sites is instead denying citizens valuable legislative information, critics say. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti633.htm CANDIDATES USE WEB TO BACK UP TV ADS (Louisville Courier-Journal) Two Democratic groups in the Louisville area's 3rd Congressional District trying to unseat Republican Rep. Anne Northup are running TV commercials telling voters that they can check out the ads' claims and Northup's voting record on the groups' Web sites. http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0010/11/001011ads.html LAZIO AD ASKS AMERICA TO GIVE ONLINE (New York Daily News) As the campaign's toll-free number and Internet address are displayed, the announcer urges viewers "to get on the Web now" and "contribute to help Lazio fight against Mrs. Clinton's millions in soft money." http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-10-11/News_and_Views/Beyond_the_City/a-837 57.asp WEB SITE PROMPTS CLAIMS OF RACISM IN CALIF. ASSEMBLY RACE (Los Angeles Times) In one of the nastier political races this season, a Republican candidate for the California Assembly has come under fire by Democrats and Asian American leaders for operating a campaign Web site they say is racist. http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20001010/t000096458.html CHICAGO FIGHTING TO TAKE VOTEAUCTION.COM OFF BLOCK ''Vote early, vote often.'' Chicago is not proud of having birthed that phrase. That's why the city is aiming its legal guns at controversial Web site VoteAuction.com (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20001011/2739496s.htm (Wired) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39431,00.html MICROSOFT’S FUNNY MONEY (Salon) It's hardly a secret that Microsoft is the fifth-biggest contributor of "soft money" to politicians. Now, a spunky shareholder resolution may force the software giant to account for its political campaign contributions. http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/10/10/proxy_vote/index.html MP3.COM TAKES POLL TO IMPRESS POLS (Newsbytes) A new poll of Internet users commissioned by MP3.com appears to be as much a signal that the embattled Internet music service is as interested in getting seriously political as it is in finding out Netizens' true feelings about online music. http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/156318.html ----------------------------------------- HOT SITE OF THE WEEK ----------------------------------------- CYBER DEBATE EARNS WEB WHITE AND BLUE SECOND HOT SITE NOD With the glut of political sites on the web in these days leading up to November 7, it takes a lot for a site to be awarded a Hot Site twice. With its Rolling Cyber Debate now in full swing, Web White and Blue 2000 has more than earned a second nod -- the only double-honor PoliticsOnline has ever given. The Cyber Debate offers a continuous forum for the exchange of ideas between the candidates and campaigns. According to the site, “The exchanges have two parts: a Message of the Day from the campaign and a response to a Question of the Day submitted by an Internet user....Each campaign is permitted a rebuttal to their opponent's message of the day and question of the day responses.” The Rolling Cyber Debate is being carried in its entirety each day on each of the 17 sites on the Web White & Blue Network and runs from October 1 through Election Day (November 7), and is updated throughout the day. http://www.webwhiteblue.org ----------------------------------------- E-GOVERNMENT NEWS ----------------------------------------- ALL-ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION A CLICK AWAY (The Industry Standard) No amount of information will do any good if voters aren't registered on Election Day. The Net is stepping up, with numerous sites offering a hybrid form of voter registration that enables citizens to cut through red tape and complete forms in just a few minutes. http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19181,00.html THE BALLOTS ARE OUT; WILL THEY VOTEHERE? (Seattle Times) Net registration is in its adolescence, with some sites now using a clunky hybrid of Net and snail mail to get people signed up. But an all-online process may not be that far off. http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19181,00.html ---------------------------------------- ONLINE STATS OF THE WEEK ----------------------------------------- (USA Today) -- 60 Days: The length of time that Senators are prohibited from updating their official sites before primary and general elections. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti633.htm ----------------------------------------- If you like the Weekly PoliTicker, you will love NetPulse, PoliticsOnline's Bi-Weekly e-Journal of Politicking on the Internet. Get It! Study It! Use It! http://www.PoliticsOnline.com/ ----------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, go to http://www.politicsonline.com/cgi-bin/unsubscribe_from_newsletters.asp. ----------------------------------------- The Weekly PoliTicker is compiled by Andy Hoefer. 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