Hacker News with Generative AI: Voting

Activism, hacking or campaigning: Why it's so easy to win the vote at Eurovision (elpais.com)
On Saturday night, Austrian singer JJ won Eurovision Song Contest with his song Wasted Love. But the prize nearly went to Israeli singer Yuval Raphael, which won the public vote but slipped to second place thanks to the jury vote.

Music, Voting, Politics

27 points by diggan 39 days ago | 12 comments

Ask HN: Why not have people vote on one question for an AI to answer each day? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Why not have people vote on one question for an AI to answer each day?

Artificial Intelligence, Community, Voting, Question Answering

6 points by amichail 43 days ago | 6 comments

Cosmic ray giving 4096 votes incident (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Social Media, Technical Issues, Voting

10 points by miohtama 113 days ago | 4 comments

Best Books ever of 10 years' votes at 4chan /lit/ (postimg.cc)

Books, Online Communities, Voting, Literature

76 points by HiPHInch 123 days ago | 52 comments

Ask HN: Why was my post on cybersecurity flagged? (ycombinator.com)
Earlier I submitted a story about elections and cybersecurity, it got several dozen upvotes, and then was quickly flagged.

Hacker News, Cybersecurity, Moderation, Voting

12 points by CalRobert 131 days ago | 11 comments

3.5M Voters Were Purged During 2024 Presidential Election [video] (youtube.com)

Politics, Elections, Voting, Video

10 points by westurner 134 days ago | 4 comments

An Idaho County Will Publish Everyone's Ballots (nytimes.com)
After enduring a host of election conspiracy claims in recent years, Ada County believes it has found a way to restore confidence in the vote-counting system.

Elections, Voting, Transparency, Idaho, Conspiracy Theories

8 points by aiz0Houp 217 days ago | 2 comments

'How to Change My Vote' Searches Spike in States Won by Donald Trump (newsweek.com)
Searches for "how to change my vote" on Google spiked on Election Day in states won by President-elect Donald Trump, indicating a degree of buyer's remorse after people cast their presidential ballots.

Politics, Elections, Google Trends, Voting, 2016 Election

7 points by simjue 225 days ago | 2 comments

Voting Has Never Been More Secure Than It Is Right Now (scientificamerican.com)
Now is the best time in the history of the U.S. to cast a vote.

Voting, Elections, Security, United States

5 points by timbilt 238 days ago | 0 comments

A New Rule Could Allow Georgia to Exclude Votes from Entire Precincts (propublica.org)
An examination of a new election rule in Georgia passed by the state’s Republican-controlled election board suggests that local officials in just a handful of rural counties could exclude enough votes to affect the outcome of the presidential race.

Politics, Elections, Georgia, Voting

9 points by hn_acker 261 days ago | 8 comments

Elon Musk PAC will pay registered voters in swing states to sign a petition (theamericapac.org)
The First and Second Amendments guarantee freedom of speech and the right to bear arms.

Politics, Elections, Voting, Second Amendment

34 points by blindriver 264 days ago | 24 comments

What happens if someone votes by absentee/mail-in and dies before Election Day? (ballotpedia.org)
How absentee/mail-in ballots are processed and counted varies from state to state. In the case of a voter who casts a valid absentee/mail-in ballot but then dies prior to election day, state laws are split.

Voting, Elections, Law, Politics, US States

36 points by zdw 269 days ago | 49 comments

US Postal Service delays threaten to disrupt election voting, officials say (theguardian.com)
State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the US Postal Service (USPS) that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies.

Elections, Politics, Voting

47 points by howard941 289 days ago | 40 comments

The "Need for Chaos" Voter (forkingpaths.co)

Politics, Psychology, Voting

12 points by ColinWright 295 days ago | 13 comments

Calling for a Vote of No Confidence in the Python Steering Council (python.org)

Python, Governance, Open Source, Community, Voting

65 points by zhnews 310 days ago | 21 comments

DEFCON found vulnerabilities in voting machines–but there's no time to fix them (politico.com)

Security, Voting, Elections, Politics

33 points by hammock 317 days ago | 63 comments

Virginia Mandates Paper Ballots, Tracking, Proof of Residency for 2024 Election (thecentersquare.com)