Obama's "Project Houdini"--election trivia tid-bit

[castawaydave]

Brief quote from an upcoming "Newsweek" article:

"The Obama campaign's 'New Media' experts created a computer program that would allow a 'flusher'--the term for a volunteer who rounds up nonvoters on Election Day--to know exactly who had, and had not, voted in real time. They dubbed it Project Houdini, because of the way names disappear off the list instantly once people are identified as they wait in line at their local polling station."

[Terry]

Edit by JM: NO POLITICAL DISCUSSION

[Jim Maloney]

I'm leaving the original post because it does have some relevance to magic, but any actual discussion of politics is going to be immediately removed. There are plenty of other sites where you can do that if you desire.

-Jim