My Contribution To The Elections
Last year I worked with a local government commission to develop a web presence designed to delineate the voting process and encourage grassroots level transparency. It meshed a voter database with the Google Maps API and was covered with a CSS based user friendly interface to provide the customers, the voters, with easy to read ballot and voting information.
As a result the number of “lost” voters decreased by about 50%. Lost voters are either unregistered, at the wrong location or generally unaware of new developments like electronic machines etc.
It’s nice to see hard work come to fruition. (As a side note: the entire project cost less than $500, including minimal overhead to ensure the site is up and functional for 10 years.)
-Shlok
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