Breaking: Jordanian Parliamentary Elections to be held on facebook

in an effort to solidify the notion that Jordan is fast becoming the center of tech entrepreneurship in the Middle East and in preparation for the 10 10 10 ICT Forum, Jordanian Prime Minister Samir Al Rifai moments ago tweeted the announcement that the upcoming Nov. 2010 Parliamentary election will be held on facebook. The process will be straight forward, transparent, efficient, and results will be instantly available to all those with accounts on the site.

The process explained in a Press Release as follows:

• all candidates must have a profile on facebook with a recent profile pic
• you must have an account on facebook in order to vote
• voting will be using the "Like" button on each candidate page
• each voter is allowed to pick a whole parliament. that's 120 votes!
• after each vote, a voter will be presented with a فاصل إعلاني from candidates
• after each vote, a list of "recommended candidates" is displayed in the manner of "voters who voted for this candidate also voted for X, Y, and Z"
• voters are to "poke" candidates on issues important to them
• voters automatically become friends with the candidate they vote for. So, pick wisely

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