Are we leaving behind the impoverished?

posted by Lachlan on August 17, 2024 - 8:39am

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I recently noticed what I believe to be a major flaw in Unity08's strategy. The entire movement is dependent upon the widespread use of the internet; the convention, the polls etc. Are we eliminating the voices of America's impoverished by requiring computer and internet access to take part in the practices of this party? If so, this poses two major problems: according to Brad Stone of Newsweek, "75 percent of Americans use the Internet". Given this fact, Unity08 would not be able to obtain the votes of the 25% of Americans that do not use the internet. Second, it would be very difficult for the party to take in to account the voices of the approximately 75 million Americans who do not use the Internet. What are your thoughts on this dilemma?
- Lachlan Markay

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Voter registration

Mark Greene on August 17, 2024 - 12:47pm

Unless/until the "delegates" are required to reveal their voter registrations, not only will Unity 08 have a hard time with legitimacy, but our "ticket" will not in fact get ballot access. Am sure the rules folks will figure this out at some point.

Mark Greene
Texas Democrat in the Middle

Another approach

Bill713 on August 17, 2024 - 11:49am

I'm not at all sure the question posed can have a responce, but a related one has occured to me.

Registration requires a name and email address that are a real link. However, how will delegates be identified when most internet links allow multiple subaccounts that may or may not be multiple people? Meaning, will there be one vote per email address even if that address is the shared service of such would be delegates as spouses, room mates, etc. OR, the worse case, one person using each subaccount email address to pose as multiple delegates. I could be 20 delegates if that were the case.

The internet "openness" has not shown itself to be a great honor system and neither has American political theater.

Maybe that is for the Rules Com.

Bill"for what we are together"

Unity08. A people's movement to take our country back.

Are we leaving behind the impoverished?