Mobile Blockchain Voting: Can It Strengthen Our Democracy?

Please join me for a webinar on Wednesday, Septembeer 30, at 7pm. I will be discussing how the future of elections in the United States could be much brighter than what we are currently facing. In research for my book, Election Attitude – How Internet Voting Leads to a Stronger Democracy, I learned a lot […]

Do Hobbies Have A Role In The Pandemic?

Millions of people are down and out as a result of the pandemic. Each day is a struggle for them, and they have no spare time. Tens of millions stand in line for food to feed their families. Fortunately, there are numerous charities such as America’s Food Fund which has raised more than $37 million […]

News from johnpatrick.com

Naked Ballots We are seeing a lot of news about naked ballots. The media tends to make it political. Naked ballots have nothing to do with politics. Voting by mail is new to millions of people and many don’t read the directions. The first step is to fill out the ballot with your choices by […]

News from johnpatrick.com

Politics Since I started writing my blog in 1995, I have never written about politics or voiced a political opinion. I have opinions like all of us, but I discuss them in quiet with friends, not in my blog. However, when it comes to voting, I have been taking an active position since my friend […]

UBI: What’s the Alternative?

As expected, the UBI post generated a lot of feedback.  I have appended a handful of the emails I received below (without identity). I agree with naysayers the UBI solution is far from perfect, but I continue to respond with, “What is your alternative?” There is a high probability millions of jobs will be eliminated, […]