This USA Today article says “Scrambling for cash and votes, presidential and gubernatorial candidates are running 2008 election campaigns more like tech start-ups in search of investors and customers.Sen. Hillary Clinton employs a chief technology officer. Former Democratic senator John Edwards wants volunteers skilled in Ajax and other cutting-edge software. Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Billy Harper creates videos of speeches, then uploads them to the Web from a Wi-Fi-equipped campaign bus. On the horizon: text messages and video aimed at cellphones and personal digital assistants such as BlackBerrys”.Meanwhile this age article reports MySpace to stage virtual presidential vote.”MySpace announced today it will hold the first virtual US presidential primary election at its youth-oriented social networking website.MySpace said the “virtual election” will be held the first two days of January in 2008, ahead of real-world primary caucuses in the US states of Iowa and New Hampshire”.

The 2008 candidates are running ‘e-lection’ campaigns

This USA Today article says “Scrambling for cash and votes, presidential and gubernatorial candidates are running 2008 election campaigns more like tech start-ups in search of investors and customers.Sen. Hillary Clinton employs a chief technology officer. Former Democratic senator John Edwards wants volunteers skilled in Ajax and other cutting-edge software. Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Billy Harper [...]