Candidates throw their Net to the masses

 

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With less than a week to go before the election, presidential candidates are doing what they can to get their message out to the masses. Although it doesn't look like spam, some email campaign tactics have raised a few eyebrows. And although tech stocks are all the talk on Wall Street, candidates have been surprisingly mum about technology issues on Main Street.

Party faithful log on to rock the vote Stung by so-called spam scandals in the past, candidate supporters no Who will technology vote for? longer send bulk email messages in attempts to sway voters. Instead, they're getting friends to do it for them. Parties asked to swap votes together Vote-swapping sites are turning bipartisan, as a site suggests that Republicans and Democrats hook up and agree to support a third-party candidate. Tech takes backseat in presidential race The leading candidates for president like to talk about a wide range of issues, but technology and the Internet do not appear to be among them. previous coverage Should voters be barred from trading votes? Regulators may have a hard time shuttering online vote swapping, a practice that has taken hold recently in light of the tight race between Al Gore and George W. Bush. Presidential candidates drawn into Napster debate We have some idea where George W. Bush and Al Gore stand on health care. But what about Napster and copyright claims, the issue that has taken the Net by storm?