Debra Cleaver

A bit more on me and why I'm working on this. I've been working at the intersection of technology and democracy in some form or another since 2004. My last project -- longdistancevoter.org -- worked to increase turnout by making it easier to vote by absentee ballot. When we started in 2008 only 8% of Americans were voting by mail. In 2014, that number had risen to 25%. My theory of change on...

ben, hey, we built a voter registration tool, a tool that helps you get your absentee ballot, and another that helps you check your registration status. later on this year we'll be adding SMS and email election reminders and a polling place locator. the tech itself is pretty straight-forward: we're a rails shop that looks to apply established technologies in new ways to increase voter turnout....