Intellectual Property Law

One of the definitive aspects of the 2008 presidential campaign has been its uber-participatory nature.

From historically high turnout levels at the polls to voters posing questions directly to the presidential candidates through YouTube or through instant messenger, there's never been an election that's been quite like this. 

There's a heightened sense among some voters in the battleground states that their choices really matter, and that they really can shape the future direction that their country takes. That's the sense I've been getting from several interviews that I've conducted with voters in Ohio and Texas for a developing story.

One result of this is the birth and proliferation of cool new ideas on the virtual campaign trail.

Citizens are not only changing the way that debates operate, or using new applications to build support and to create publicity for their candidate, but they're also constantly thinking up new ways to help each other in mundane matters that can make a difference.   

The latest example is a web site by Furqan Nazeeri, an entrepreneur working just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. He's created ObamaCycle, a  new social networking site that enables the supporters of Illinois senator Barack Obama  to re-cycle their campaign materials.

It might not sound like much, but apparently there's a long backlog for these kinds of materials at the online stores, and there's a great demand for them. Nazeeri used Ning -- a free application on the web that enables communities to instantly create their own social networks.

Have you developed a cool application on the web to support your candidate? If so, please tell us about it  in the comments section!

See Also:

• Youthful Hillary Clinton Supporters Strike Back at Obamamaniacs
• Comedian Starts a Wiki To Track Attacks on Obama
• Superdelegates Under the Spotlight