Votegeek.org.uk: Ask your candidate about Free Software
National elections are looming in the UK. This means that candidates for parliament have their ears pricked for voters’ views.
What better time to ask your candidate what she thinks about Free Software? About Open Standards, or freedom in the digital age? The Digital Economy Bill? Why the UK is trailing other European countries in terms of Free Software adoption? Why there’s an endless stream of Orwellian proposals coming out of Whitehall?
Now there’s a site that makes it easy to ask your candidates about the technology issues that matter to you. Votegeek.org.uk is up and running! FSFE is proud to support this initiative.
The site offers a listing of candidates by constituency, along with help on how to write an effective letter, and lots of useful links. Go there, get your info, and write to your candidate! Let them know you care about your freedoms just as much as you care about technology. The premise is clear:
Although this website is run by a bunch of Free and Open Source Software enthusiasts it is not here to tell you what to think, it is here to find out what the candidates think. If you think the Digital Economy Bill is a good thing for you then please do write to your candidates asking for their support and post the responses here. Which ever way they respond would be just as interesting as a response to someone with a negative opinion. It would of course be very interesting if a candidate’s views changed depending on how the question was asked!
Help us spread the word using the hashtag #votegeek.