Twitter Vote Report Ramping Up
by Devanshu Mehta
I have already written about it, but the Twitter Vote Report project is picking up steam, with a lot of highly talented individuals and organizations involved. The idea is to:
As news outlets and blogs will report on Election Day stories, we are building an invaluable resource for thousands of voters to get immediate help. From questions like “where do I vote” or “how do I make sure that my rights are being upheld,” Twitter Voter Report augments these efforts by providing a new way for voters to send text messages (aka tweets) via cellphones or computers which will be aggregated and mapped so that everyone can see the Nation’s voting problems in real-time.
You can help:
- Join the Google Group and contribute.
- Help out on the Wiki.
- Join the nationwide coding jam on Friday, October 24th.
Right now, you can help out by adding to this set of dummy test data that will be used to test some of the code.