BetaVote.com

What if the whole world could vote in the U.S. presidential election?

F.A.Q - Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why are you doing this?

If enough people take part, the results might be interesting.

2. Why "betavote?"

One of us writes software for a living, and it seemed like a nice name for the site.

3. Is this part of a political campaign?

No. This is not a partisan website and it is not affiliated with any political party or campaign.

4. Are you guys Americans?

Yes.

5. Are you seriously suggesting everyone in the world should be allowed to vote for the US president?

We do, of course, realize that global suffrage is not compatible with the idea of sovereign states, nor with the U.S. constitution, etc etc etc.

Note the "what if" - this is mostly a thought experiment. If it made you think long enough to read this, it's already a modest success. If you took the time to "vote" then you helped make it more interesting.

If you are a U.S. citizen, please remember to vote for real in the upcoming presidential election.

If you are a citizen of any other country that has free, or even semi-free, elections, please remember to vote in your own elections.

Voting is important.

If you are a citizen of a country without free elections, we wish you luck in achieving them in the future. It's not always easy, and it's often messy, but it's worth it.

6. How do you know people are from where they say they are?

We don't. We just trust you.

7. Can I vote more than once?

Please don't.

8. Is my vote anonymous?

Your vote is as anonymous as anything else you do online.

9. Where did you get the pictures/links/information?

The pictures and candidate links are from their respective official websites.

10. What about Nader/Peltier/Other Candidates?

We originally weren't going to include so-called "third-party" candidates because these have no actual chance of winning the real election. But we changed our minds (about including them) and plan to have a page for alternate candidates, including write-ins. Please be patient, it may take us a week or two to find time to make the change.

11. How accurate are your statistics?

Thanks to the magic Database, the results shown are a 100% accurate real-time representation of the votes cast. Beyond that, nothing is certain.

12. Why is the site so slow?

Hmmm, must be getting popular already. Time to upgrade the server!

13. I saw some other online presidential poll, is that you?

Nope. But go vote there too, the more the merrier!

14. I have a question not answered here!

Please send it to us with the comment form.

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