Two good articles published today —
New York Times: Voting Your Shares May Start to Matter
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation: Fixing the Problems with Client Directed Voting
Related post on this blog: Investor Education on Proxy Voting
History of these ideas: “Proxy Voting Brand Competition” (2007) and “The Internet Will Drive Corporate Monitoring” (2000) at votermedia.org/publications