This week on the round up I thought it would be good to look at the digital landscape in the leadup to the 2010 federal election. Sounds boring, but there have been some busy web people out there!

The ABC have been busy setting up election sites from real time politician trackers at the election hub - http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/ to tracking online opinions at the campaign pulse - http://campaignpulse.abc.net.au/

You can also calculate the swing needed for your party to win at the calculator - http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/calculator/

A little improvement on the last time around - http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/ (Note the style difference?)

News LTD has their own hub at the Australian. - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/

As do Crick. - http://www.crikey.com.au/elections/ and I suspect every other Australian news website. They also have a real time tracker. - http://www.crikey.com.au/election-tracker/

If your politician is on twitter you can track them down here. http://tweetmp.org.au/ - or if not why not invite them?

The Australian Electoral Commission recently launched a campaign encouraging those not already enrolled to vote to do so. How did they do it, by pointing out that famous people vote and so should you - http://www.famouspeoplevotetoo.com/ - It's now too late to enrol however, even if you are famous.

Some election websites are not responding. http://twitter.com/kevinruddpm

Google have even got in on the act, - http://www.google.com.au/election2010/ and I bet you didn't know that in 2007 Australia had the first Google tracked election at - http://www.google.com.au/election2007/

In unrelated Australian digital election news, 7 people world wide have been given keys to the internet if a world event requires that it needs rebooting. - http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/07/seven-people-have-been-entrusted-with-the-keys-to-the-internet/

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