Project Houdini

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.

Hackers and Spending Sprees 2008

Nancy Scola reports that Project Houdini, the Obama campaign's project to disappear voters from their contact lists on election day, broke down in some critical swing states -- bringing turnout prediction along with it.

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If it had worked without flaw, Project Houdini would have unequivocally joined the list of politech innovations the Obama campaign got very, very right.

Pulling Off Houdini's Trick Scola, Nancy 2008

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.

Pulling Off Houdini's Trick Scola, Nancy 2008

Project Houdini was a huge advance over the paper-based system we used during the primary, but it requires a huge amount of manpower that may not be available to every campaign (indeed, it wasn†™ t deployed across the map in the Obama campaign on Tuesday, either).

The Future of Campaign Technology: The Ground Game Koo, Gene 2008

For the general election, Project Houdini turned the voting data live (it “disappeared” the already-voted off canvassing lists).

The Future of Campaign Technology: The Ground Game Koo, Gene 2008

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.

Buffalo Pundit 2009

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.

Buffalo Pundit 2009