Lewis Said:

How do I go about changing my IP address so I can continuously vote on a poll?

We Answered:

OK... only for your kitty....

BUT FIRST ... A computer lesson!

To access the internet you need a number... this number is 'lent' to you from your ISP (Internet Service Provider). This number allows you the ability to call other numbers. These numbers also have built in 'ports' where are reserved for different types of communication or different types of programs to use and interact with

Here is a practical example:
Google is located at : http://72.14.213.105/
That is the computer that is running (in googles case its a little bit better networked then having a single computer, but you get the idea), a web server, which is hosting files and the service that google offers.

Now, you know where google is, google needs to know where you are too, in order to give you search results or mail or the like...

At this point in time, when you connect to http://72.14.213.105:80, your web browser automatically says, 'Hey, my IP is ____, and im looking for the above website/ip... where should I go?', at this the magic of networking takes over, and you hop from one router to another until you make it to googles computer. Once you request for a connection the web server already knows who you are and were to send the response to... and this is where they keep you from cheating and voting on your own kitty! (iknowright?)

So what you need to do is not send a request from your IP address.

What I would do, is (knowing- I cant get on the internet without an IP, and also knowing that I can connect to other computers), I would run a program on another computer, then takes a request for a website URL remotely, then connects and sends the information gathered from the site back to you!

Then when the website looks to see who is connecting... it will look like it is coming from someone else, because- well it is.

This is a fundamental concept in hacking. However its practical uses are endless.

This idea of 'proxy' (which is the proper term for for this activity), actually has very honest and non-nefarious roots.

Big business men at huge office buildings use-to check their stocks quite frequently, however back in the old'-days of dial up--- having a skyscraper filled with people checking their stocks frequently on dialup means that the internet was really really slow.. and time is money and in this case the more time that passed without seeing what your stock is doing, is the more money that you could be losing!

The solution was- in place of having each computer connect to the internet, Only one computer would actually connect to and request the stocks, and then when anyone looked up the stocks, they would just access the already gotten information from the 'proxy server'- which is much faster.

So.... you might be thinking--- this is all well and good and everything, but--- HOW DO I MAKE MR FLUFFY WIN!?!?

You can program a proxy server (as I have for fun in the past), or you can download any number of programs which can do this.. however what you need is a lot of different IP addresses, which means a lot of computers.

But your in luck, a lot of people already have proxy servers avalible for public use.
This link might help : http://72.14.213.105/search?hl=en&q=free…

To configure your browser to connect to a proxy server, it will be under- options-> connections, then a section about proxies, (it is a little different per browser).fill out the correct info, then bam, go to any website, what you see what the other computer requested for you.

HOWEVER----- and again, this is for your kitty, mind you...

Sometimes in hacking, simply connecting to another computer, is not enough protection to ensure that you are not caught. so what you can do is 'daisy chain' computers back to back so you request info from computer A, Computer A requests info from Computer B, Computer B -> C -> D -> etc. then back again, from D-> C-> B -> A -> YOU. This is called 'proxy routing' and more notably 'onion routing'.

So hackers for years have been infecting thousands of computers in order to proxy and onion route to conceal there tracks, which they call bot-nets...

However, other non-nefarious companies have jumped on the bandwagon of onion routing- however in place of infecting other peoples computers, they simply bought a bunch of computers and installed proxy software on them for the public/nonpublic use.

Most notable is Torpark (which is XeroBank xerobank.com these days - with an option to pay for a subscription to the really fast proxy servers). It is a browser which automatically connected you to a random proxy server. If you actually read this whole thing without going cross-eyed from boredom then I think you earned the right to use it,...

I hope you enjoy, and best of luck with professor fluff-a-kins on winning!!

Jorge Said:

How do i change my voting address on line?

We Answered:

No. You have to re-register to do that. You'll have to fill out a provisional ballot to vote.

Tara Said:

Change of address for voting?

We Answered:

Get a new form from Missouri. If you are too late for Missouri's deadline, then get an absentee ballot from Illinois. One state or the other will count your vote.

Margie Said:

When you change your address on your drivers license, is your voting address automatically changed as well?

We Answered:

If you registered at the DMV like we can in Iowa, than you are ok, if you didn't you need to re register with your new address.


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Ella Said:

Does voting in a different city from where I am living matter?

We Answered:

Go to your State's Secretary of State website and get the information you need for absentee voting.

Don't wait, you usually have to preregister to vote this way.