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Social Media for Voter Education – Summary
On Wednesday night, at CitizenSpace in San Francisco, Secretary of State Debra Bowen engaged in a brainstorming conversation about the use of social media for voter education. Topics include: how to provide voters with critical information about candidates and ballot initiatives, how to crowdsource ballot explanations, how to increase transparency in the election process. [...]
Social Media for Voter Education – Wednesday July 29 – 7pm
Come join an evening brainstorming session with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen on the use of social media in voter education. Debra Bowen has long been a leader in open government, voting system integrity, technology policy and more. Increasingly, citizens are using social media tools to share information and organize in many aspects [...]
Session format
Preparation
Contribute your thoughts ahead of time on this site (use the form on the right to contribute). Or tweet your thoughts, or blog and tweet the link with the #socialvoter tag.
Agenda
45 minutes – Feed the Wall and Feed the Participants. Get some nosh and write ideas on sticky notes on the wall
5 minutes [...]
Social Network for Voter Education
Debra Bowen tweeted the other day about the use of social media for voter education. Here’s one idea about what to do. Thing is, people get voting recommendations through their social networks. I don’t know about you, but when I’m looking at initiatives, downballot races, and other nonobvious choices, I look to maven friends who [...]