[datameet] Logo Contest Voting!

2014-05-18 Thread Vijayaraghavan R
I'll go for 6 and 8. I don't understand why one needs a bar graph in the logo. The words 'data' and 'meet' are enough to set the context. I think the logo should be easy to understand. We are here to un-complicate data, why then complicate the logo. Vijay -- Datameet is a community of Data

[datameet] Re: Indian Elections 2014 - ECI Datasets

2014-05-18 Thread Dilip Damle
Hello to all, Thanks for this data. I was wondering if there is a way to Uniquely identify the Contestant If someone wants to create a track record of the contestants over period then this is important Just name is not sufficient. I tried to look for Duplicate NameParty combinations

Re: [datameet] Re: Indian Elections 2014 - ECI Datasets

2014-05-18 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Dilip Damle cadvis...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if there is a way to Uniquely identify the Contestant If someone wants to create a track record of the contestants over period then this is important Just name is not sufficient. Can use the

Re: [datameet] Re: Indian Elections 2014 - ECI Datasets

2014-05-18 Thread Chandrashekhar Raman
This will be a tough nut to crack with just the name.. especially because fielding 'dummy candidates' with same or very similar names is a fairly common practice.. Used to split votes.. As employed by the veteran ajit jogi in mahasamund.. Maybe eci will make some kind of identification number

Re: [datameet] Security Issues with the Voter List

2014-05-18 Thread Gautam John
Something I read today: http://www.medianama.com/2014/05/223-modak-marketing-election-voter-india/ -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [datameet] Security Issues with the Voter List

2014-05-18 Thread Snehashish Ghosh
Dear Gautam, Thank you. This is very interesting. I wrote a piece on this issue right after the failed Google-ECI deal in February http://goo.gl/e9Xea0 The UK approach seems to be a good one. In UK there are two voter lists - full list and edited list. You can choose to be removed from the edited

[datameet] Election Survey

2014-05-18 Thread Kannamma Raman
I am a faculty in the Dept. of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai. We are studying the use of social media in elections. We are tracking why people follow political leaders on twitter. We have prepared a survey to map this. We would like to request those on twitter to take the survey and

Re: [datameet] Digest for datameet@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 6 topics

2014-05-18 Thread Prathamesh Murkute
9 -- Prathamesh P. Murkute Don't print this Email unless you really need to - Save Trees. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:36 PM, datameet@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's topic summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/topics - Logo Contest Voting!

[datameet] Re: Election Expenses

2014-05-18 Thread Venkatraman S
Any leads on the expenses per candidate? On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Venkatraman S venka...@gmail.com wrote: Is this info out yet? Google doesn't help me :( -Venkat -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org

Re: [datameet] Re: Election Expenses

2014-05-18 Thread Thejesh GN
I think it will take some more time to release that data. Candidates have to submit it first. Thej -- Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ http://thejeshgn.com GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Venkatraman S venka...@gmail.com wrote: Any leads on the expenses per