The Associated Press reports that Washington State plans to launch an app next week which will allow Facbeook users to register to vote on the social media network. The application will be on the secretary of state's Facebook page and also give users the option of "liking" the application and recommending it to their friends.

To kick off our first offical post, we decided to bring some facts we found on the history of voting in America. Enjoy!

1. When the US began, only white, property owning males could vote- so not women or african americans.

2. You must be 35 years old to be president, 30 to be U.S. senator, 25 to be a U.S. House member.

3. The Republican Party was formed in 1854 out of the sentiment that slavery should be abolished.

George Washington's farewell address concerning political parties. Was he right?

The importance of technology globally hit a critical level with the invention and proliferation of cell phones. Innovative solutions to everyday inconveniences in countries with varying levels of development have propelled cell phones to become the device of choice for billions worldwide.

Check out some IVN articles that pertain to History Unspun's mantra! One pertains to George Washington and the importance of the 4th of July, while the other, in honor of Comic-Con, explores how iconic superheroes would vote in in our political system if they could. Enjoy!

(More posts to come)

Here are the links:

http://ivn.us/2012/07/02/george-washington-first-and-last-truly-independent-president/

Today marks former South African President Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday. It's a date many are observing around the world. Mandela spent 27 years in political imprisonment under the apartheid regime before his release in 1990. He was later the first democratically elected president of South Africa and served from 1994 to 1999. He received the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.

Putting social media networks in terms we can all understand. Donuts.

So what's your favorite social media network?

Canadian newspaper, National Post, compiled information from 2011's U.S. National Drug Intelligence Center Report into a very interesting infographic on the scope of Mexican drug cartels. For years, Mexico has been plagued with violence as a result of competing cartels and government inefficiency.