The Democratic National Committee is doing its part to get people voting with a new open source web app that lets Americans register online. The app lets potential voters fill out a National Voter Registration Form on the web, which is then converted into a PDF that can be printed and submitted — and to make things a little easier the app also includes all of the necessary registration guidelines and information for each individual state. So if you live in a state that supports online registration you can forgo the PDF all together, as the app will direct you to the appropriate online form.
Democratic Party launches open source voter registration web app
A new web app from the Democratic National Committee attempts to make the process of registering to vote a bit easier.
A new web app from the Democratic National Committee attempts to make the process of registering to vote a bit easier.
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As Wired points out, the Obama re-election campaign has also released a similar tool that lets people embed a voter registration widget on their site. Of course, the DNC and Obama campaign aren’t the only ones using technology to encourage people to register — this past week Google partnered with TurboVote to provide voter registration tools, and even Microsoft’s election hub on Xbox Live provides information on how to sign-up. The US Presidential Election takes place November 6th, 2012.
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