• by dragonwriter on 10/13/2024, 7:53:56 PM

    The problem with polling is getting a representative sample of the target population, which this doesn't address any of the problems with, and there is no IP-based geolocation method that is accurate enough to reliably place a user in a particular congressional district even if they aren't doing something like using a VPN. There’s a couple major markets where it will probably be unreliable as to state, as well as Congressional district.

    > Internet-based polling. Can we make this a routine thing?

    Internet-based polling is already routine.

    > Internet-based voting. About time or never gonna happen?

    What problem is this envisioned as solving?

  • by RangerBerryCola on 10/10/2024, 6:10:05 PM

    > You are outside of the United States and cannot participate. However, you can still watch the results!

    I'm in Colorado, slap bang in the middle of the USA, connecting via AT&T, not running a VPN. Are you using Fastly for geolocation? If so, that's... bad...