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WHAT IS VOTE.CO.UK?
VOTE.co.uk is a fully interactive web site designed to give Internet users a voice on important public issues and other topics. The Internet is filled with chances for us to listen and read. This site gives us a chance to speak out and to be heard. When you vote on a topic listed on our site, we'll send an immediate e-mail to significant decision makers telling them how you feel.
WHO IS BEHIND VOTE.CO.UK,
AND ITS U.S. COUNTERPART, VOTE.COM?
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. The funding for the site comes from Dick Scruggs and Steve Bozeman, two of the U.S.'s leading anti-tobacco lawyers.
WHY DID THEY SET IT UP?
Morris' entire career has been in polling -- finding out what voters think. Now he and McGann want to set up a way for voters to speak out. Morris says, "I trust the voters a whole lot more than the politicians. I guess I know the politicians too well."
IS IT FREE?
Absolutely.
IS IT LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE?
Neither. It's a ballot box. And it's not left or right either. It has no point of view. It wants to bring your point of view to the attention of those in power.
IS MY VOTE SECRET?
Yes. The computer knows how you vote, but we don't. Your vote is encrypted so that even the staff people at VOTE.co.uk cannot access that information.
WILL I GET A LOT OF SPAM MAIL?
No. We will tell you about referenda you might find interesting (based on the ones you have already voted in). And, if you tell us, we won't send you anything.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT TO PARTICIPATE?
Hopefully, millions of people will want to vote. It will give us all a chance to be heard so our voice gets loud enough to drown out the special interests that run the government.
WHAT IS THE BOOK, VOTE.COM?
Its a book Dick Morris wrote about how the Internet is taking over politics. It is sold in bookstores and on the VOTE.co.uk site. It says that the Internet is taking the place of television in politics, that money will matter less and less because the Internet is free, and that special interests are losing their grip over government.
WHO ARE DICK MORRIS, EILEEN McGANN, DICK SCRUGGS AND STEVE BOZEMAN?
Dick Morris, the President of Vote.com, was President Clinton's chief strategist and advisor in the 1996 campaign. He has handled the campaigns of a large number of American politicians including Trent Lott, William Weld, Pete Wilson and a whole lot of others. He's now a commentator on the Fox News Channel and writes a weekly column in the New York Post. He has written three recent books: Behind the Oval Office, The New Prince, and Vote.com.
Eileen McGann is an attorney and former public interest lobbyist. She serves as the CEO of Vote.com.
Dick Scruggs and Steve Bozeman are Vice Presidents and partners in Vote.com. They were the pioneers of the anti-tobacco litigation. They represented the states of Mississippi, Texas, Florida and a number of others in their lawsuit against the tobacco companies. They negotiated the settlement where big tobacco had to shell out over $200 billion. They also represented Jeffrey Wigand, the whistle blower who is the hero of a new movie, The Insider.
HOW CAN I CONTACT VOTE.CO.UK?
E-mail us at ukvote@vote.com.
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