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FC: Announcing PerpetualElection.com, political news/discussion site


From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:52:26 -0500



PerpetualElection.com Launches News and Discussion Site
Press Release

NOVEMBER 10, 2000 -- PerpetualElection.com, the only website devoted exclusively to news about the first perpetual presidential election in U.S. history, launched on Friday.

The site, operated by activists and journalists, is designed to provide an information and discussion area for Americans who want to follow the recent events in the Sunshine State.

For example: Will Al Gore litigate? Did George W. Bush truly win? Why would over 3,000 people vote for Pat Buchanan anyway? Could the House of Representatives pick the next president? At PerpetualElection.com, we'll chart the story's development with the help of our readers.

Unlike many other sites, PerpetualElection.com has liberals, conservatives, greens, and libertarians as editors. All have equal ability to post news and start discussions, and there is no single editorial point of view.

Some of our editors, in alphabetical order:

 * Sonia Arrison of the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco
 * Kathleen Ellis, a Baltimore system administrator and journalist
 * Declan McCullagh, Washington correspondent for Wired News
 * Jill Pelavin, a programmer living in Mountain View, California

PerpetualElection.com is an open source project: It runs on a Red Hat Linux server and uses mySQL as a database. The Slash engine, made popular by Slashdot.org, is used for discussions and articles.

For more information, contact:
  feedback () perpetualelection com
  (202) 986 3455 Voice
  (413) 845-5444 Fax

Or visit:
  http://www.perpetualelection.com/
  http://www.perpetualelection.com/about.shtml

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