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Our Data Bodies

• www.odbproject.org
• Adjacent Fields, Digital literacy, Ethical tech

Based in marginalized neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina, Detroit, Michigan, and Los Angeles, California, we look at digital data collection and our human rights, work with local communities, community organizations, and social support networks, and show how different data systems impact re-entry, fair housing, public assistance, and community development.

Ignis

• droneamplified.com
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Drones, Hardware, High-tech civic tech, Tech for public challenges

The system attaches to a drone, and drops small incendiaries known as “dragon eggs” from a safe height, at a much lower cost and personal risk than a helicopter.

Technosylva

• technosylva.com
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Mapping tools, Tech for public challenges

A suite of tools for wildfire response and planning

Perimeter

• perimeterplatform.com
• Civic data, Crowdsourced data collection, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Location, Manage volunteers, Mapping tools, Tech for public challenges

Collaborative, real-time incident response tool for first responders.

RCVIS

• www.rcvis.com
• Data visualization, Democratic innovation, Participatory democracy, Voting and elections

Ranked Choice Voting Election Result Visualization

ParticipaBOt

• participabot.app
• Bots, Citizen Engagement, Civic forums, High-tech civic tech, Participatory democracy, Public input and engagement tools

Una plataforma de participación ciudadana digital que permite visibilizar y priorizar propuestas ciudadanas a nivel nacional

Ciudatos Cochabamba

• ciudatos-cochabamba.org
• Civic data, Open data publishing portals

Portal de datos abiertos sobre problemáticas urbanas

PoliEngine

• poliengine.com
• Campaign tools, Tech tools

Website builder for political candidates and campaigns

Online Candidate

• www.onlinecandidate.com
• Campaign tools, Tech tools

Providing an affordable website platform geared for political campaigns and organizations.

Politik.ch

• en.politik.ch
• Data analysis, Government transparency, Govtech, Monitoring services, Open data platforms, Open government data, Research tools, State and regional government technology

Automated monitoring, issue management, analysis and reporting of political affairs.

Ballotpedia Sample Ballot Lookup

• ballotpedia.org
• Ballot information, Voting and elections

Enter your address, get your sample ballot

How Long Will Vote Counting Take? Estimates and Deadlines in All 50 States

• www.nytimes.com
• Election observation, Voting and elections

The New York Times asked officials in every state and the District of Columbia about their reporting processes and what share of votes they expect to be counted by noon on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Here’s what they said to expect.

NYC Public Engagement Unit

• www1.nyc.gov
• Canvassing

The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) proactively connects New Yorkers to key City services, like housing and healthcare.

The Local Office Function Index

• www.techandciviclife.org
• Ballot information, Civic data, Data schemas and standards, Help more people run for office, Voting and elections

The Local Office Function Index (LOFI) is a standardized, nationwide dataset of what your elected officials are responsible for and how you can engage with them.

Ballot Scout

• www.democracy.works
• Election administration, Vote by Mail, Voting and elections

Ballot Scout returns confidence to the vote-by-mail process.

ElectionMail.org

• electionmail.org
• Election administration, Govtech, Vote by Mail, Voting and elections

A tool to help election officials (and election officials only) report problems with election mail

Get to the Polls

• gettothepolls.org
• Find your polling place, Voting and elections

An embeddable widget hosted by TurboVote

Ciudadanía Inteligente

• ciudadaniai.org
• Campaign organizations

One of South America's leading campaign and tech organizations

Chilecracia

• chilecracia.org
• Crowdlaw, Participatory democracy, Public input and engagement tools, Soliciting new ideas

¡Sigue los proyectos de ley de tu interés! Encuentra proyectos relacionados a las propuestas hechas en Chilecracia y proyectos de la Agenda social y anti-abuso del Gobierno.

The New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer

• www1.nyc.gov
• Citizen Engagement, Government tech capacity, Govtech, Innovation teams & Labs, Open innovation

The mission of the NYC Mayor's Office of the CTO is to ensure that technology is inclusive, accessible, human-centered, and works for all New Yorkers.

Ballot Information Project

• www.techandciviclife.org
• Ballot information, Voting and elections

We collect nationwide datasets of who and what is on the ballot for each election.

When We All Vote

• www.whenweallvote.org
• Engagement tech, Find your polling place, Make a plan to vote, The Tech, Voter-registration-US, Voting and elections

It's time to make your plan to vote together with your squad!

Voter’s Edge California

• votersedge.org
• Ballot information, Engagement tech, The Tech, Voting and elections

Find in-depth information about what's on your ballot.

US Elections Project Early Vote Statistics

• electproject.github.io
• Civic data, Election observation, Engagement tech, The Tech, Voting and elections

State by state tracking of mail ballots requests and returned

The Big Send

• votefwd.org
• Engagement tech, Meet the others, Peer networks, Socialize online, The People, The Tech, Voter outreach, Voting and elections

Vote Forward volunteers encourage fellow citizens to participate in our democracy by writing and sending letters at their own expense. A diverse community of more than 150,000 volunteers from all over the country has written letters in 2020.

Spot the Box

• spot-the-box.us
• Civic data, Crowdsourced data collection, Engagement tech, Find your polling place, The Tech, Voting and elections

Crowd-sourced verification of current US mail box locations

Sponsor the Vote

• campaignos.app
• Engagement tech, The Tech, Voter outreach, Voting and elections

Make a small donation and this group will mail voter registration forms to unregistered voters in that state.

SeeSay2020

• seesay2020.com
• Civic data, Civic maps, Crowdsourced data collection, Data visualization, Election observation, Engagement tech, Mapping, The Tech, Voting and elections

Expose voter suppression and election interference as you witness it to a live map with SeeSay2020.

Ride Share 2 Vote

• rideshare2vote.net
• Engagement tech, Getting to the polls, The Tech, Voting and elections

RideShare2vote provides full training for drivers regarding voter laws as well as implementing CDC guidelines regarding masks, sanitizing before and after completing rides and social distancing with only one rider in the back seat.

Protect the Vote

• protectthevote.net
• Election observation, Engagement tech, Help out, Pro bono and volunteer, The People, The Tech, Voting and elections

Protect the Vote is a national coalition of nonpartisan organizations focused on making sure everyone can vote. They have great volunteer opportunities across the country.

Princeton Corpus of Political Emails

• electionemails2020.org
• Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Email campaign tools, Organize campaigns, The Tech

This corpus contains emails from candidates running for state and federal office, political parties, and other political organizations like PACs. As of Sun Oct 18 23:52:25 EDT 2020, the corpus contains 286,576 emails from 3,071 senders.

Power the Polls

• www.powerthepolls.org
• Engagement tech, Find a job or hire someone, The People, The Tech, Voting and elections, Work the polls

Power the Polls makes it really easy to sign up to become a poll worker and ensure that there are enough people to staff voting locations across the country.

Pizza to the Polls

• polls.pizza
• Engagement tech, Send food to poll lines, The Tech, Voting and elections

Pizza to the Polls is making democracy delicious by delivering free food for all to polling places with long lines. Send us reports of long lines and we'll send in the delicious reinforcements.

Patagonia’s voter kit

• www.patagonia.com
• Engagement tech, Find your polling place, Make a plan to vote, The Tech, Voting and elections

The outdoors brand takes on climate deniers

U.S. Digital Response

• www.usdigitalresponse.org
• 2020-election-admin, Election administration, Govtech, Help out, Pro bono and volunteer, Supporting specific public sector efforts from outside government, Voting and elections

We place experienced, pro-bono technologists to work with government and organizations responding to crisis, to quickly deliver critical services and infrastructure that support the needs of the public. We’re non-partisan, fast, and free.

Your Fucking Polling Place

• yourfuckingpollingplace.com
• Engagement tech, Find your polling place, The Tech, Voting and elections

A parodical -- but functional -- polling place lookup site modeled on 'What's for fucking dinner?'

Map the Vote

• mapthe.vote
• Adjacent Fields, Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Canvassing, Civic literacy, Engagement tech, Foundational layers, The Tech, Voter outreach, Voting and elections

Help your neighbors register to vote.

Make a Plan to Vote

• makeaplantovote.com
• Engagement tech, Find your polling place, Make a plan to vote, The Tech, Voting and elections

Let's get started making your voting plan.

Make a Plan

• votesaveamerica.com
• Engagement tech, Find your polling place, Make a plan to vote, The Tech, Voting and elections

Vote Save America's graphic-heavy make a plan tool

Lyft: Ride to the Polls

• www.lyft.com
• Build something, Engagement tech, Getting to the polls, Tech companies with civic teams, The People, The Tech, Voting and elections

Lyft is offering free or discounted rides and bikes to the polls.

Landslide 2020

• landslide2020.org
• Engagement tech, Make sure votes are counted, The Tech, Voting and elections

Shows best ways to vote by state that ensures your vote is counted ON Election Day

I Will Vote

• iwillvote.com
• Engagement tech, Make a plan to vote, The Tech, Voter registration, Voter-registration-US, Voting and elections

Select your state, make sure you're registered to vote, then choose how you're going to vote this year. Built by the Democrats.

Every Vote In

• plan.lavote.net
• Engagement tech, Find your polling place, Make a plan to vote, The Tech, Voting and elections

This easy-to-use tool from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office will guide you through the ways you can cast your ballot safely in 2020.

Election Night Integrity Project

• 2020.dataforprogress.org
• Civic data, Election observation, Engagement tech, The Tech, Voting and elections

State by state tracking of election results in real time

Don’t F With My Vote

• dfwmv.org
• Engagement tech, Find your polling place, Make sure votes are counted, The Tech, Voting and elections

Choose Democracy

• choosedemocracy.us
• Engagement tech, Peaceful transition of power, The Tech, Voting and elections

Pledge and training materials on how to resist a coup

Chefs for the Polls

• chefsforthepolls.org
• Engagement tech, Send food to poll lines, The Tech, Voting and elections

World Central Kitchen and its partners are activating Chefs For The Polls to serve nourishing meals on early voting days and Election Day.

RankedVote

• www.rankedvote.co
• E-voting, Polling, Ranked Choice Voting, Voting and elections

RankedVote is the easiest way to create ranked-choice voting polls on any device.

ActiVote

• www.activote.net
• Citizen Engagement, Civic literacy, Engagement tech, Matching views to votes, Participatory democracy, Polling, Tech tools, Voter assistance

A single civic action each day ensures that a voter will never miss an election and feel empowered showing up to the polls.

Canadian Open Data Society

• www.opendatasociety.ca
• Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Digital literacy

Canadian Open Data Society was formed around CODS - the Canadian Open Data Summit. The organization supports open data across Canada.