Dr. Charles Grob at UCLA-Harbor Medical Center talks about his research with psilocybin for "existential anxiety" in seriously-ill cancer patients, recorded on July 27, 2006, in Torrance, California
Monday, July 19, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
William Kelleher defends the integrity of Internet voting
William Kelleher defends Internet voting against critics who say that it cannot be made secure, recorded from La Crescenta, California, on July 15, 2010
Second Life musician Wolfie Moonshadow talks about his music
Kenny De La Rosa (Wolfie Moonshadow in Second Life) talks to Etopia News and Second Life Enquirer On-the-Air about the development of his career through performing in virtual world Second Life, recorded from Gibraltar, on July 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
States where you can already register to vote online
While controversy rages in California about the right of citizens to register to vote online using electronic signatures, residents of eight other states already have the right to register to vote online. In these states, computerized links to the state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) site allows people to register to vote online. These states are: Oregon, Washington State, Kansas, Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Indiana, and Utah.
In California, where the current dispute over electronically-signed voter registration cards continues, the Legislature passed, and Governor Schwarzenegger signed, SB 281 by State Senator Ron Calderon, which provides that California will also have an online, DMV-based voter registration system, once the HAVA-compliant, interactive, statewide voter database, called VoteCal, is built and activated.
In California, where the current dispute over electronically-signed voter registration cards continues, the Legislature passed, and Governor Schwarzenegger signed, SB 281 by State Senator Ron Calderon, which provides that California will also have an online, DMV-based voter registration system, once the HAVA-compliant, interactive, statewide voter database, called VoteCal, is built and activated.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Second Life comic Lauren Weyland talks about her work
Lauren Weyland, a comic in virtual world Second Life, talks about her funny business in a remotely-recorded interview from Atlanta, Georgia, recorded July 12, 2010
Second Life comic Lauren Weyland talks about her work
Lauren Weyland, a comic in virtual world Second Life, talks about her funny business in a remotely-recorded interview from Atlanta, Georgia, recorded July 12, 2010
San Mateo County is not accepting electronically-signed voter registration cards
Saying that there “is no way to validate that it’s [on the] up and up,” David Tom, Elections Manager for San Mateo County, California, told Etopia News today that his jurisdiction is not accepting electronically-signed voter registration cards (VRCs).
Commenting on neighboring Santa Clara County’s decision to accept such electronically-signed VRCs, Tom said that “one can interpret [the law] that way. I applaud them….We just don’t feel that way at this time. There are no regulations in place to assure us” that the registrations would be legitimate. “It will happen someday but not now,” he said.
There is some controversy about whether the Secretary of State, who objects to electronically-signed VRCs, has the authority to order county registrars of voters to accept or not accept electronically-signed VRCS. Elaine Larson in the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office says that that determination can be made by county authorities. David Tom of Santa Clara County, asked whether he thought that the Secretary of State had the authority to order counties to accept or not to accept such electronically-signed VRCs, replied: “I don’t know. I can’t speak to that right now.”
Commenting on neighboring Santa Clara County’s decision to accept such electronically-signed VRCs, Tom said that “one can interpret [the law] that way. I applaud them….We just don’t feel that way at this time. There are no regulations in place to assure us” that the registrations would be legitimate. “It will happen someday but not now,” he said.
There is some controversy about whether the Secretary of State, who objects to electronically-signed VRCs, has the authority to order county registrars of voters to accept or not accept electronically-signed VRCS. Elaine Larson in the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office says that that determination can be made by county authorities. David Tom of Santa Clara County, asked whether he thought that the Secretary of State had the authority to order counties to accept or not to accept such electronically-signed VRCs, replied: “I don’t know. I can’t speak to that right now.”
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