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 a new hook? Got no news to write about? How about this angle?

The story is not about party politics, its about how technology is bringing politics into everyone's home through the Web. This is the age of dot-com democracy.

-- More Americans are turning to the Web for their political

information. Through the Internet they can organize protests,

read about local elected officials, track campaigns and

register to vote. Nearly 150 million are now online. That is

15 times the number in 1996.

-- Through the GOP Website, citizens can sign up as Dot-Com

Delegates. Through the Democratic Convention site, citizens

can create their own platform, which may be incorporated into

the Democratic National Platform of the 21st Century.

-- The politicians are duking it out to show their tech saviness.

Both candidates, Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
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 and Texas Governor

George Bush, are emphasizing technology in their platforms.

Gore is talking about bridging the digital divide in America.

-- City hall can be as close as your living room PC, as more

cities offer constituent service over the Web. According to according to
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 estimates, state and local governments will spend $55

billion this year alone to help citizens conduct business with

government.

-- 18-24-year-olds are the least active voters. Yet, they are the

group that uses the Internet the most. As government and

politics moves online, more people may become politically

active.

If you want to know what is the real impact that the Web is having on politics and government, we suggest you talk with e-government expert, Chris Gordon Chris Gordon (born October 18 1985 in Grimsby, England) is a professional footballer currently playing for Eastwood Town.

Left sided defender Chris Gordon began his career with Lincoln City, linking up with the Centre of Excellence at under 15 level and subsequently
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(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization.
 and chief technology advisor to Governor Jane Hull, Gordon was responsible for our country's first online voting. Carta is an e-government solutions company that builds Web solutions for cities, states and municipalities.

Please contact Jeremy Goulart or Stevan Allen at 916/442-2331 to arrange an interview.
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