Poll2Poll: Week 2 Development
8/27/2020
Revised mission statement:
Poll2Poll is a mutual-aid app that aims to be a platform for citizens to report updates on local polling sites (like closures and long lines), and connects voters to community-organized ride shares in the event that a poll location is unexpectedly closed.
Project Designer: Dierdre Shea, dierdre.shea[at]gmail.com
Project Mentor: Fei Liu, fei.fei2liu[at]gmail.com
Project Status: Research / Validation Testing
This app is being developed in collaboration with Code Cooperative Agency, an organization partnering industry experts with formerly incarcerated technologists.
USER FLOW — in progress.
Understanding all of the steps the user needs to take also requires content. TBC!
Research — Voter Rights and Suppression
Speaking with folks working in the election process — easy to make initial contact, and for some reason difficult to get responses. Link to survey — which may be too long.
Some online voter rights resources:
(The last link to remind me of purpose).
