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*<b>Your team:</b> Please list project team members | *<b>Your team:</b> Please list project team members | ||
*<b>Project URL(s), if applicable:</b> | *<b>Project URL(s), if applicable:</b> progressivevoterindex.com | ||
*<b>Hashtag, if #relevant:</b> | *<b>Hashtag, if #relevant:</b> | ||
*<b>What are you building:</b> | *<b>What are you building:</b> | ||
*<b>Who is it for:</b> | *<b>Who is it for:</b> | ||
*<b>Your goal for this weekend:</b> | *<b>Your goal for this weekend:</b> | ||
*<b>Your starting point:</b> | *<b>Your starting point:</b> | ||
*<b>Anything else we should know:</b> | *<b>Anything else we should know:</b> | ||
*<b>How is this project useful?</b> With so much information flying around, people don't always tune into the election news till very close to the election. The project does the hard work of collecting the endorsements, so users can take the app with them into the voting booth and make a decision based on that. | |||
*<b>Where is this project going and what lessons/concepts can be applied to other projects?</b> Goal is to have an app for the 2012 general election. Google Doc spreadsheet exists as a prototype, listing publications, organizations, and candidates. Working on an app for Boston now, but would be great to expand nationally. | |||
Latest revision as of 19:13, 17 June 2012
- Project name: Progressive Voter Index
- One-line description of project: Aggregates endorsement info to help voters make decisions in the voting booth.
- Your team: Please list project team members
- Project URL(s), if applicable: progressivevoterindex.com
- Hashtag, if #relevant:
- What are you building:
- Who is it for:
- Your goal for this weekend:
- Your starting point:
- Anything else we should know:
- How is this project useful? With so much information flying around, people don't always tune into the election news till very close to the election. The project does the hard work of collecting the endorsements, so users can take the app with them into the voting booth and make a decision based on that.
- Where is this project going and what lessons/concepts can be applied to other projects? Goal is to have an app for the 2012 general election. Google Doc spreadsheet exists as a prototype, listing publications, organizations, and candidates. Working on an app for Boston now, but would be great to expand nationally.