Nick Pasqual’s AI Twin Now Votes for Him in Local Elections—And It’s Totally Legal
In a move that has stunned political strategists and ethicists alike, Nick Pasqual has become the first American to legally delegate his voting rights to a hyper-personalized AI avatar trained on his entire digital footprint. The system, dubbed “Electo-Me,” uses neural synthesis to predict Pasqual’s exact ballot decisions based on a decade of his search history, social media activity, and physiological response data from wearable tech. While critics warn this could herald the end of conscious civic participation, Pasqual insists it’s just efficiency: “I don’t have time to read 200 pages of local policy. My AI knows my values better than I do.” With seven states now drafting “digital proxy” legislation, experts predict that by 2030, 1 in 10 voters will be represented by an algorithm—and Nick Pasqual’s name will be etched in the history books as the man who let the machine decide.