Allen WeinerSince I always do what Google suggests (he said, tongue firmly planted in cheek) I noticed YouTube suggested that U.S. voters record their voting experiences on November 4 and upload them to YouTube for a special Video Your Vote channel.
Here’s the hitch: not all states in this great union of ours allow you to record your actual voting experience. The nice folks at Google have a link to a page, The Citizen Media Law Project which offers a state-by-state chart (a work in progress, the site says) that marks what an individual state law permits and/or prohibits. Since I live in Arizona (well, at least that’s where I am registered to vote) I see that “state officials take position recording prohibited inside polling place” and “public display of own marked ballot prohibited.” Heck, I took poly sci in college, but I have no idea what this state officials take position thing means. Arizona politicos take positions on lots of things, including finally joining modern society by agreeing to adhere to Daylight Savings Time. So, can I be a real Web 2.0 guy and take a video camera to the poll or not? I plan on being a rebel and take my trusty first generation Pure Digital mini camcorder to the polls on 11/4 and let it roll. Upload to YouTube? Not sure, but I sure will put it here for all to see. Stay tuned.
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