Archive | February, 2010

Beat up: Election authorisation for blogs

By on February 2, 2010 in Blog, Opinion, Politics

The latest confected outrage to come from the blogosphere is the draconian notion that people who comment on elections, candidates or parties during an election period, should have to own up to them. Asking whether it is “taking responsibility or being silenced”, Deborah on Larvatus Prodeo suggests that she may not make election comment since [...]

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Seven online campaigning activities you should already be doing

By on February 1, 2010 in Blog, Campaigning, Elections, Technology

In Australia, most elections take place during the normal, general election period. The accepted wisdom is that local campaigns make up, at most, 3 percent of a candidate’s primary vote. The rest comes from the central campaign from party head office: television ads, the leader’s personal appeal, the party’s policies and so on. There are [...]

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