The tech industry has made some wonderful toys but they have also gotten more than a decent share of government giveaways - something that never happened in the beginning and has made the larger companies sluggish and non-competitive. They need to get back to their roots and maybe President Trump will do this - from Tech Crunch:
Tech really wants to fix this election
With just 42 days left until the election, it’s crunch time for anyone who hasn’t registered to vote. The deadlines to register in most states fall throughout October, with only a few states allowing in-person registration on the day of the election.
The process can be confusing, and it’s one that tech companies from Google all the way down to small startups like Sam Altman’s VotePlz, which launched a million dollar registration sweepstakes today, are trying to tackle.
New tech-backed voting initiatives seem to be popping up every day, and, although most claim to be nonpartisan, it’s clear that Donald Trump’s unusual campaign has ignited investors and pushed them to act.
Google has gotten in on the act - their homepage links to a voter registration site. Time to seperate politics from public service sites. Not cool.
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