The New York Times recently dropped into Alaska to report on what it called “an experiment that feels both inevitable and impossibly futuristic,” as the city of Anchorage is turning on the spigot for online voting. All Anchorage voters will be able to cast their votes by phone, the article reports, in a turnout-boosting effort that one expert warns Times readers couldn’t come “at a worse time in American history.”
It’s not just a stunning change, but stunning that it has escaped the notice of every Alaska-based media outlet — even the right-wing ones that would pounce on this sort of thing.
That’s because the Times may have gotten out over its skis…