Voatz in Action at the 2016 Massachusetts Democratic Party State Convention

Nearly 2000 delegates interacted with the Voatz platform at the 2016 Massachusetts Democratic Party State Convention held at the Tsongas Center in Lowell MA on June 4, 2016.

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The delegate badges were specifically tagged with Voatz QR codes to simplify the process of authentication, and direct scanning was enabled via the Voatz Event Manager (VEM) application.

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Voatz in Action at the Massachusetts State House for Generation Citizen’s 2016 Spring Civics Day

At Generation Citizen’s Spring 2016 Civics Day held on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the Massachusetts State House in Boston, around 150 eminent judges used the Voatz platform to vote via their mobile devices.

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Nearly 350 students from Boston, Malden, Brockton, Arlington, Newton, and Lowell took their first step in becoming lifelong active citizens by presenting their action civics projects from the Generation Citizen semester.

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The Voatz Analytics Dashboard was also used for real time scoring.

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Several prominent organizations were involved in supporting the event.

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Voatz Is Selected to Present at Harvard’s #Tech4Democracy Showcase and Challenge

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The Voatz team is honored to be selected to participate in this event as part of HUBWeek.

The “showcase” features students and alumni from Harvard University and other area universities, as well as civic tech startups, entrepreneurs, and passionate citizens from across the Greater Boston area. Each presenter will demonstrate their idea through posters, prototypes, and other creative demonstrations.

The “challenge” features an esteemed panel of experts and leaders in the local civic tech movement to select the best idea/demonstration. In addition, everyone will be invited to vote for their favorite idea.

The #Tech4Democracy Showcase and Challenge was organized with support from:

Boston Civic Media Consortium
The City of Boston
The City of Cambridge Budget Office
The City of Somerville
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
The Engagement Lab, Emerson College
FWD.us
Microsoft
The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

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