voting information project aaron strauss [email protected] 1023 31st street, nw 5th floor ...
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Voting Information Project
Aaron Strauss [email protected] 1023 31st Street, NW 5th Floor Washington, DC 20007
ph 202-625-0370 fx 202-625-0371 www.mellmangroup.com
VIP’s Mission: Ubiquitous, Personalized Voter Guides
Our Mission
• Every Voter has a personalized voter guide: Polling Place Information, Voting Options, Ballot Information
• On Secretary of States’ Website and everywhere else: candidate sites, non-profits, etc.
• Open Format. Open Data. Official Source.
What We Don’t Do
• Individual-Level Data: no personal information. System is address-based.
So How Does This All Work?
User’sAddress
APIGadget Feed
•Polling Place
•Ballot•L.E.O.
State}Street Segments
Precinct (Split)
Polling Location Districts
Contests
Candidates
<street_segment id="661274"> <start_house_number>100</start_house_number> <end_house_number>349</end_house_number> <odd_even_both>Both</odd_even_both> <precinct_id>504781</precinct_id> <precinct_split_id>508413</precinct_split_id> <non_house_address> <street_name>RIVERBEND</street_name> <street_suffix>DR</street_suffix> <city>CHARLOTTESVILLE</city> <state>VA</state>
Success Story: The 2008 Presidential Election
Focus on “Mapplet”
• 10 States adopted VIP (plus some CA counties)
• Easy URL: maps.google.com/vote
• Lots of publicity (e.g., NY Times blog, Today show)
• Tons of users: 7-10% of American electorate
Success Story: 2009 Virginia Election
Lots of Gadgets!
Redundancy Is Good…
Looking Toward The Future
More States
• Build Off Previous Successes
• Meet needs of states/data providers
More Applications
• Federal/State Write-In Absentee Ballots (FWAB/SWAB). Compliance with MOVE ACT.
• iPhone and other mobile apps. (Data/API are open.)
• Whatever developers can dream up!