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The Absentee Voting App

Published on Nov 18, 2015

The first app that allows people to sign up to vote by mail on their phones.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Absentee Voting App

An app designed to get people to sign up to vote by mail in under a minute
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Why do we want people to vote absentee?

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People who vote absetee

  • VOTE
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Absentee Voters also

  • Vote in more elections
  • Have time to research what's on the ballot
  • Don't miss voting because of hours, work, etc.
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Reasons People don't vote

  • They are working
  • They don't know there's an election
  • They don't feel informed enough to make a decision

We Want to take away these barrier

  • We'll make it easy to signup to vote from home
  • So people lives aren't disturbed
  • And they can make sure to turn in their ballot on time
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What is The absentee voting app?

 AND WHY DO WE NEED IT?
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Signing up for absentee voting

  • Is a slow process that can be frusturating
  • It can be difficult to find the right sign up page
  • you need to print the registration form fill it out and send it in by mail or scan it and send it by email

The app makes it easy to sign up to vote by mail

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It also allows users

  • To sign up others to vote by mail
  • To receive notifications for upcoming elections
  • To have access to tools they can use to encourage people to vote by mail
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We can end long lines on election day

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We can change the way people vote

For questions, comments, and/or suggestions contact corinne.l.rosen@gmail.com