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+-   "Wiki the Vote" project open-sources oppo-> on Wednesday October 10 2007, @02:18PM Gabriela

Submitted by Gabriela on Wednesday October 10 2007, @02:18PM
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Gabriela writes ""Wiki the Vote" was just launched on Congresspedia.org for citizens, professional researchers and even candidates to collaborate on profiles for each and every candidate for Congress in 2008. The project is non-partisan and, in true open-source fashion, is free for anyone to participate — even the candidates themselves. Unlike Wikipedia, people connected to the subjects of articles are free to add to them as long as their contributions are rhetoric-free and comprised of fully documented, verifiable facts. The citizen editors are assisted and fact-checked by professional editors. The project is starting with nearly 300 basic profiles of candidates that 2008RaceTracker has identified as definitely running, and will eventually expand to cover every candidate on the ballot in the primary and general elections next year. When the OpenSecrets.org 2008 congressional campaign contributions database goes online in a few weeks, the candidate profiles will also display live feeds tracking the money race and who is funding it."
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