As demonstrated by the huge response to Operation Clark County (see 'What WERE you thinking?' blog below), non-Americans should think very carefully before sticking their oar into US politics.
Yet, despite the strong emotions roused by the Guardian's campaign, at least two other organisations have dared to enter the fray with projects that invite non-US citizens to express their preference on the impending election.
GlobalVote2004 and The World Votes are both running online "elections" that allow citizens of any country to vote for their preferred US presidential candidate.
Neither of the sites expresses any bias. Both allow participants to select any of the seven candidates.
Voters are asked to register their nationality to create a picture of which candidate citizens from around the world would pick to run the only remaining superpower. The World Votes has registered about 15,000 votes - mostly from Europeans.
"It's fun and obviously not constitutionally approved, but it is a serious vote because the US has power over all our lives and the election will affect the world," Ben Carey, of GlobalVote, told Reuters.
George Wright
