City Club
For Support Of The Living Voters Guide
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Amount$40,000
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Program
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Date Awarded4/3/2013
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Living Voters Guide (LVG) is an innovative online tool designed to foster voter education, deliberation and civil discourse on state ballot measures. Developed in 2010 by Seattle CityClub, in collaboration with scholars and practitioners from the University of Washington, LVG was used by more than 30,000 Washington voters in the 2012 general elections. The platform enables voters to create an on-line, customized pro/con list capturing the most important factors in their decision on upcoming ballot measures. Participants are also encouraged to read the considerations of others and can incorporate these into their own lists. Systems are now established enabling fact-checking by local librarians upon request. From the sum of these individual transactions, LVG creates an "living", evolving guide to public thought on ballot measures, identifying pros and cons that both issue "supporters" and "opposers" recognize as important. This grant would allow LVG to enhance site features, expand usage, and improve and formalize internal practices.
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1333 Fifth Ave Ste 24, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the Living Voters Guide
Living Voters Guide (LVG) is an innovative online tool designed to foster voter education, deliberation and civil discourse on state ballot measures. Developed in 2010 by Seattle CityClub, in collaboration with scholars and practitioners from the University of Washington, LVG was used by more than 30,000 Washington voters in the 2012 general elections. The platform enables voters to create an on-line, customized pro/con list capturing the most important factors in their decision on upcoming ballot measures. Participants are also encouraged to read the considerations of others and can incorporate these into their own lists. Systems are now established enabling fact-checking by local librarians upon request. From the sum of these individual transactions, LVG creates an "living", evolving guide to public thought on ballot measures, identifying pros and cons that both issue "supporters" and "opposers" recognize as important. This grant would allow LVG to enhance site features, expand usage, and improve and formalize internal practices.
for support of the Living Voters Guide, and online voting information resource in Washington state
Living Voters Guide (LVG) is an online tool designed to foster voter education, deliberation and civil discourse on state ballot measures in Washington State. Developed in 2010 by Seattle CityClub, in collaboration with scholars and practitioners from the University of Washington, LVG was used by more than 18,000 Washington voters in the 2012 general elections. The platform enables voters to create an on-line, customized pro/con list capturing the most important factors in their decision on upcoming ballot measures. Participants are also encouraged to read the considerations of others and can incorporate these into their own lists. Questions can be fact-checked by local librarians. From the sum of these individual transactions, LVG creates a "living", evolving guide to public thought on ballot measures. With this grant, LVG would 1) incorporate candidates, in addition to ballot initiatives, into tool 2) redesign the website accordingly and 3) increase marketing efforts.
