Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["Michael D. Thomas" <mdthomas AT mindspring.com>]

"The project will organize volunteers to write software for the Clark
campaign and release their work under open-source licenses. 

Among the projects slated for development are a Friendster-style
social-networking application and a tool for campaign field workers to
track mailings, donations and door-to-door visits." 

<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,61723,00.html?tw=newsletter_t
opstories_html>

Now, if we could just get the candidates' platforms to be open source...
Unfortunately, politics lacks compilers, strong typing and a culture of
unit and integration testing.