The Daily Populous

Tuesday December 12nd, 2017 day edition

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A judge directed Alabama election officials Monday afternoon to preserve all digital ballot images in Tuesday's hotly contested U.S. Senate special election.

An order granting a preliminary injunction was filed at 1:36 p.m. Monday - less than 24 hours before voting is to begin.

Reached by phone shortly after the injunction was issued Monday, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill declined to comment.

Digital ballot images are essentially digitized versions of the paper ballots Alabamians fill out in the voting booth.

In Alabama, these digital images are destroyed once an election has passed, according to Duncan.

That ballot is scanned and they destroy [the ballots] after the election ...

Shaul wrote in the order that destroying the images could have a negative impact on voters in Alabama. »

Vint Cerf, Steve Wozniak, and other tech luminaries call net neutrality vote an ‘imminent threat’

Authored by theverge.com
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A group of early internet and computing pioneers have called on the Senate’s FCC oversight committee to censure next week’s net neutrality vote.

They want the committee to ask Pai to cancel the vote, which is currently scheduled for December 14th.

Other signatories include Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mozilla Foundation executive chairwoman Mitchell Baker, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, and Betaworks CEO John Borthwick. »

Why it’s illegal to own one guinea pig in Switzerland

Authored by zmescience.com

They need social interaction to feel good, so owning a single guinea pig is considered harmful to its well-being and forbidden by law.

Even though they don’t want to be lonely, guinea pigs can be quite picky about who they live with.

“A young animal can annoy a four or five-year-old guinea pig by being too temperamental and active,” says Küng. »

Donald Trump Not Invited to French Climate Change Summit

Authored by time.com
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Macron told TIME in November that Trump could receive an invite if he made an announcement showing he was willing to “join the club” and address climate change.

But the Trump administration has done nothing of the sort and since that interview has gone as far as pitching coal at this year’s annual United Nations climate change conference.

Beyond finance, conference planners say the summit will feature a range of different announcements to help sustain momentum to continue fighting climate change. »

Join the Battle for Net Neutrality

Authored by battleforthenet.com

But Net Neutrality predates Obama, has always been a design principle of the Internet, and does not need to be a partisan issue.

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers like Comcast & Verizon should not control what we see and do online.

In 2015, startups, Internet freedom groups, and 3.7 million commenters won strong net neutrality rules from the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC). »