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Voting on the Web: not around the corner, but on the horizon

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The possibility of Inernet voting has drawn interest from state and national leaders. An example is the Department of Defense, which is sponsoring a system that will allow the six million US citizens living abroad to vote online in the 2000 general election. Other participants in the Pentagon's pilot project consist of Florida, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas and Utah. State officials will monitor the system to determine whether they should extend home Internet voting. Florida may test Internet voting systems as early as 1999, while California plans to submit a panel report to its Legislature. Online elections would cost around $600 for each machine to collect ballots, compared to electronic voting machines that range from $5,000 to $7,000 apiece, according to the Florida Division of Elections. Security represents a key question within the Internet voting issue.

Innovations, Political aspects, Voting

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Serbs' answer to oppression: their Web site

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Serbia's Pres Slobodan Milosevic inadvertently contributed to the development of a new outlet for anti-government protest when he forced Radio B92 off the air and it responded with a Web site and digital broadcasts over audio Internet links. Although Radio B92 has returned to the air, the experience demonstrated the Internet's viability as a means to disseminate information both nationally and internationally. B92 is negotiating with XS4ALL, an Internet access service based in Amsterdam, for an arrangement by which XS4ALL would digitally record B92's programs and broadcast them continuously over the Internet. While not universal, computer access is widespread in Serbia. The Internet movement has its critics among the Serbian population. They fear that it could become an authoritarian tool for controlling the populace.

Political activity, World Wide Web, Serbia

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Musicians and listeners find each other on Web pages

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Musicians are establishing Web sites to present a wide range of works to a worldwide audience. The Web has become a popular vehicle for 1990s music lovers to follow an individual or group, much like video in the 1980s and politics in the 1960s. Presentations include online performances and corresponding Web pages that can contain multimedia features. The technology provides independent or unsigned musicians with a relatively inexpensive method to compete with more established acts, because labor accounts for most of the cost. Other Web page data includes biographical information, photographs, tour dates and press releases. Fans from around the world can access the information 24 hours a day, which can reduce booking appearance and outreach costs. Musicians need to learn the technology to create and update Web sites.

Marketing, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Music, Web site/Web page development

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