Re:Inside a Failed Silicon Valley Attempt to Reinvent Politics
by tammer on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:49AM
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Take it from a political organizer (who has a day job in tech): there is in fact a large opportunity for tech to play a role in affecting voter & civic engagement. But knowing what those opportunities are isn’t going to come from a tech vacuum. It will come from working closely with organizers and recognizing their pain points, vs. treating voters like customers & assuming there is a universal solution.
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Re:Inside a Failed Silicon Valley Attempt to Reinvent Politics
by liveoneggs on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:57AM
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a calendar event in the morning with a location and the entire ballot's answers in a single place on your phone would help.
Re:Inside a Failed Silicon Valley Attempt to Reinvent Politics
by mbostleman on Thursday September 20, 2018 @12:10PM
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Exactly. Or maybe the day before, but the key being an extremely simple solution to a core piece of the problem. Even if apathy were low and engagement was high, it seems like a lot of effort for any given person to know when and where they are up to bat for voting and what they're voting on.