Sunday, 12 October 2008

Now Non-US Residents can vote in the US election!


This is a brilliant idea, and the results so far (though on reflection unsurprising) are fairly amazing...

http://www.economist.com/vote2008/

Late addition: a timely piece on just this topic from Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/uselections2008.barackobama

"The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for. An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worse."


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