Website shows you which government positions you can run for

[frauenfelder]

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/12/22/website-shows-you-which-govern.html

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[Modusoperandi]

What Loser made this? The site doesn’t even show which positions I could profit most from. Sad!

[anotherone]

What a clever way to gather a list of IP addresses and physical addresses.

[enceladus]

The link is broken for me. It should be: https://www.runforoffice.org/

[drpfenderson]

Or enter someone else’s address from your neighborhood, and always be using a VPN.

[roomwithaview]

@anotherone

What a clever way to gather a list of IP addresses and physical addresses.

That was the first thing I thought of too!

“Hey, NSA guys, here’s a list of people we need on the maximum-detail-retention-for-future-leverage list in case they actually do decide to enter politics.”

[roomwithaview]

@drpfenderson

Or enter someone else’s address from your neighborhood, and always be using a VPN.

I just played with it a little, all it actually needs is a nearby zip-code.

[silkox1]

Or just go to your county auditor’s elections website.

[Sludge]

For those college and school board positions, best to describe yourself as “professional educator” for the ballot. Blogger? Or cubicle monkey verifying invoice amounts?

Professional Educator.

[copykate]

I like how now matter what San Francisco Bay Area ZIP code I entered it said I could run for office in Chicago. Good ol’ Chicago politics!