Living Voter’s Guide wins top honors in the Evergreen Apps Challenge, launches in CA and WA
From Monica Guzman:
Last night, we announced which apps took home a total of $75,000 in prizes.
The Living Voters Guide, a collaboration between Seattle City Club and the University of Washington, clinched the top award – $20,000 – plus the best state app prize. The app lets voters break down local ballot measures into helpful pros and cons, making it easier for everyone to figure out where they stand.
From CityClub:
CityClub, University of Washington's Center for Communication & Civic Engagement and its Department of Computer Science and Engineering are proud to announce the launch of Washington State's 2012 Living Voters Guide, www.livingvotersguide.org. An innovative online tool that fosters voter education, deliberation and civil discourse, it was used by nearly 25,000 state voters over two election cycles. Living Voters Guide is a tool to promote digital democracy and elicit broad public input for policy development.
Living Voters Guide invites participants to discuss ballot measures together, to explore one another's positions, and to build a personal, customized platform that will inform their final vote. This voters' guide is co-created by everyone who participates. It evolves as you and neighbors across our state consider the tradeoffs for each measure. It requires participants to pledge that they will not make personal attacks on others but focus on the issues before us. It invites everyone to wrestle with both the pros and cons of ballot measures in a deliberative path toward decision making.