8 Million People Looked Up Their Elected Officials' Contact Info...

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Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 01/18/2012 - 23:35

Think the blackouts were just a "publicity stunt" that didn't wake up the American people to a serious problem with the legislative process?

Wikipedia has now revealed that an astounding eight million people used its tool to look up their elected officials' contact info.

It's not yet clear how many actually called, but some information on calls is starting to come out, and it sure sounds like a lot of people called.

We heard from multiple Senate...

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