Background provided at #geeknet11 in June by Matt Morse & Tiana Epps- Johnson

1. www.votinginfoproject.org @votinginfo #geeknet11

2. Matthew Morse Pew Center on the States mmorse@pewtrusts.org @mamorse

3. Being Online is Not Enough Where is my polling place? What’s on my ballot? How do I navigate the process?

4. Being Online is Not Enough Costly: $1-$10 per visit/call Distracting: Takes away from other duties Third parties: expensive, unofficial, unreliable data

5. 2010: Election Recap

6. 2010: Election Recap 15-20 million page-views 6-7 million addresses looked up Over 320 sites Many new tools 20 states

8. Why are we here?

9. Tiana Epps-Johnson New Organizing Institute tiana@votinginfoproject.org @tianaej

12. Growing number of vendors with built-in VIP functionality

13. ES&S, PCC, DFM, DIMS

14. Innovative ways to overcome infrastructure hurdles

15. Using non-personally identifiable voter file information as a proxy for street segments