Can the Internet be a Force for Good in our Elections?
Online advertising has earned a bad rap after the 2016 elections. But can the Internet make voting more democratic?
Read More Can the Internet be a Force for Good in our Elections?a non-profit focused on strengthening American democracy by getting young voters of all backgrounds to the polls
Online advertising has earned a bad rap after the 2016 elections. But can the Internet make voting more democratic?
Read More Can the Internet be a Force for Good in our Elections?Many people believe their vote doesn’t count. But numbers from the 2016 presidential election show the exact opposite to be true. Statistic after statistic shows that voters opted out of the election, allowing a small group to determine the future of the country. In fact, millions more eligible voters chose not to vote than actually […]
Read More 9 Mind-Blowing US Voting StatsWhen we started thinking about and researching the decline in voting rates, we ran into some pretty interesting trends that could meaningfully motivate more people to participate in our democracy: First, people get super energized when events happen (like deportation events, mass shootings) that emotionally resonate with them. But that energy tends to fade over […]
Read More Introducing SaysWe, the Social Pledge-to-Vote AppThe right to vote is a rare thing in history. Sure, the Athenians had a short-lived democracy in the fifth century B.C. But for most people who have walked this earth, their lives have been ruled by some incarnation of kings, queens, warlords, czars, emperors, despots, tyrants, pharaohs, strongmen, presidents-for-life, and other assorted gangsters. It’s […]
Read More Men and Women Fought (and Died) for Your Right to VoteVoting in the United States is often a painful process. Even in states like Colorado, California and Minnesota where voting is relatively easy, voters need to get registered, find time to get to the polling place or fill out a mail-in ballot, and often wait in long lines at the poll itself to cast their […]
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