U.S. Vote Foundation has submitted five dynamic and innovative proposals to the Knight Foundation ‘Knight News Challenge’. All the proposals are designed to better inform voters and increase civic participation. Here are descriptions of our proposals:
- GOVERN will be the first in our series of ‘Civic Education Through Entertainment’ (CETE) game series. GOVERN will be a real-time based interactive game with multiple gameplay roles that gives players a chance to live out the competitive political world. GOVERN modernizes the delivery of youth civic education through entertainment using the science of gamification to engage, retain and educate about how government functions.
Like this idea? Applaud GOVERN on the Knight News Challenge website!
- VoteWeb harnesses the power of social media to make the activity of voting go ‘viral’. Voters will become advocates in their own social media circles by promoting increased voter participation. You will be able to inspire your social network and to reap the rewards of your efforts through your own personal visual VoteWeb. Become an advocate through VoteWeb.
Like this idea? Applaud VoteWeb on the Knight News Challenge website!
Voter Account: Democracy in the Palm of Your Hand gives citizens instant access to the full range of personalized civic information and voter services needed to become informed and active voters. The mobile Voter Account app will instantly communicate to the voter that the possibility to be an informed, active voter and engaged citizen is right in the palm of their hand.
Like this idea? Applaud Voter Account on the Knight News Challenge website!
- Overseas and Military Voter Services are at the heart of U.S. Vote Foundation. We will immediately make user-friendly Overseas and Military Voter Services, including registration/ballot request and information services available to all interested entities who wish to serve this important and growing constituency – for free. And right in time for the 2016 election!
Like this idea? Applaud Overseas and Military Voter Services on the Knight News Challenge website!
- Collaborative Online Voter Registration Data Transfer Project aims to streamline the online voter registration process between civic engagement organizations and states through live data sharing. Currently, the online tools these organizations use do not transfer voter registration data directly to state OVR systems. By transferring OVR data between these entities, voter registration applications will be processed more efficiently.
Like this idea? Applaud Collaborative Online Voter Registration Data Transfer Project on the Knight News Challenge website!
It has been every exciting to see the suprising amount of diverse ideas that have been submitted from such a large variety of participants! To see all of the more than a thousand proposals see the Knight News Challenge website.
