Is 'friend-raising' the future of politics?

Politically-inclined social-networking startup Votizen is attracting big-name donors — and a lot of attention

Napster founder Sean Parker is investing in a new social media venture, Votizen, that has 600,000 politically-motivated users, and counting.
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Sean Parker — the founder of Napster, and an early investor in Facebook and Spotify — leads a group of investors that is pouring money into a new project that's all about politics. The startup, Votizen, is not shy about its ambitions: It hopes to use social-networking to change how our democracy works. Here's what you should know:

How does Votizen work?

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