www.vote.com

[tamarisk]

WHAT IS VOTE.COM?

Vote.com is a fully interactive web site designed to give Internet users a voice on important public issues and other topics. The Internet is filled with chances for us to listen and read. This site gives us a chance to speak out and to be heard. When you vote on a topic listed on our site, we'll send an e-mail to significant decision-makers like your congressional representative, your senators, and the president telling them how you feel.

WHO IS BEHIND VOTE.COM?

Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. The funding of the site comes from Dick Scruggs and Steve Bozeman.

WHY DID THEY SET IT UP?

Morris' entire career has been in polling -- finding out what voters think. He and McGann want voters to have a way to speak out. Morris says, "I trust the voters a whole lot more than the politicians. I guess I know the politicians too well."

IS IT FREE?

Absolutely.

IS IT LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE?

Neither. It's a ballot box. And it's not Democrat or Republican either. It has no point of view. It wants to bring your point of view to the attention of those in power.

ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS POLITICAL?

No way. We will get your opinions on who should be in the Hall of Fame and e-mail it to the sportswriter's committee. We'll ask you who should win the Oscars and e-mail the results to the group that makes the decision.

IS MY VOTE SECRET?

You bet. The computer knows how you vote, but we don't. Your vote is encrypted so that even the staff people at Vote.com cannot access that information.

WILL I GET A LOT OF SPAM MAIL?

Nope. We will tell you about referenda you might find interesting (based on the ones you have already voted in). And, if you tell us, we won't send you anything.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT TO PARTICIPATE?

Over 1.7 million people have already registered to make their vote count at Vote.com. Hopefully, millions more will also want to vote. It will give us all a chance to be heard so our voice gets loud enough to drown out the special interests that run Congress.

WHAT IS THE BOOK, VOTE.COM?

It's a book Dick Morris wrote about how the Internet is taking over politics. It can be purchased in bookstores and on the Vote.com site. It says that the Internet is taking the place of television in politics, that money will matter less and less because the Internet is free, and that special interests are losing their grip over Congress.

WHO ARE DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN McGANN?

Dick Morris, the President of Vote.com, was President Clinton's chief strategist and advisor in the 1996 campaign. He has handled the campaigns of a large number of American politicians including Trent Lott, William Weld, Pete Wilson and a whole lot of others. He's now a commentator on the Fox News Channel and writes a weekly column in the New York Post. He has written four recent books: Behind the Oval Office, The New Prince, Vote.com and Power Plays.

Eileen McGann is an attorney and former public interest lobbyist. She serves as the CEO of Vote.com.

HOW CAN I CONTACT VOTE.COM?

E-mail us at [email protected].

HOW CAN I SUGGEST A VOTE?

Send your suggestions to [email protected].

WHAT IF I MOVE AND/OR CHANGE MY E-MAIL ADDRESS?

Let us know by e-mailing us at [email protected]. If you have changed your e-mail address, be sure to tell us your new AND old e-mail addresses. If you move and would like your votes to be sent to your new representatives in Congress, you simply need to tell us your new ZIP code.

[sharedawealth]

this seems like spam, but I will check it out........

[Psilaxs]

you HAVE to give your e-mail just to view content. I understand if you need it to let my representative know. But just to view content??

Why should we need a third party to contact our representatives for us?

I would't trust a third party to attempt to get the messege through FOR me.

I don't like this, it is almost as if the goal of this website is to turn this nation into a huge democracy. Ughh

[tamarisk]

sorry i should have just posted the link.

I won't repeat the same mistake again

[rainbowdemon]

Originally posted by tamarisk
sorry i should have just posted the link.

I won't repeat the same mistake again

It's not a mistake. If you feel something is newsworthy, post it! If it is within the parameters of ZP, post it! If you feel some thing is relevent to the file-sharing world, post it! You get the idea. That is what ZP is for!! Don't let a few negative comments stop you. ZP is for ALL of it's members!!! btw Welcome to ZeroPaid. :fire :fire :fire :fire

[Lucian]

Why do we need this?


We already have the EFF, we have Howard Dean setting up blogs, if you want to talk to politicians, it seems theres already a few options.

The primaries are coming up, politicians will break their neck to talk to us soon, lets just wait for them to come to us asking us what we want.

Anyway Dean has my vote, he actually reads the posts on his site it seems, and his people have responded to comments.

http://dean2004.blogspot.com/

[tamarisk]

Thanks for welcome.

I visit zeropaid frequently just i never was a member.

I posted this because i taught it might be another weapon for preserving p2p.

While it might be wrong to copy copyright material, i posted my own notes on p2p and put link on sharelive and my website, i got 106 requests in less than 2 days. plus i am not online all the time on the edonkey network.

Which is not bad for non copyright material. In this way i saved hosting costs, since i can't afford to buy bandwidth and space.

Now if just they add edonkey and other network support to browsers

[Lamourlady]

hey, get your opinions out there in any way u can.
the more it is heard and seen....the better, imho...who cares how.
will check it later.....must get ready for work peeps.
continue rocking on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;)

[aqlo]

This is useful information, it might contribute to the grass-roots thingie in cases where EFF blogs etc aren't yet. Every little bit helps!

Don't let people disagreeing with you make you think your material is inappropriate, we disagree about perfectly topical stuff like G2 or proxies all the time.

Do post whatever informative material you have like you did this time, a thread with just a link wouldn't be good and might very well get closed as Spam (a very different thing from having a member suggest it might be spamlike.)