In the United States, only 50% of people vote in presidential elections. That drops to 40% for midterm elections, and 10% for primary, local and special elections. Worldwide, we rank 138th in voter turnout. The Internet has made it easy to find your old friends from college; download any song you want; get shoes delivered the very next day, and help create social change by signing petitions, making donations and lobbying congress.So why hasn't the Internet made voting awesome? Seth Flaxman and Paul Schreiber of Democracy Works will talk about why the voting system is so broken, and how the Internet can route around inefficiency and bureaucracy to increase voter turnout and make voting fit the way we live today.
Speakers
Chief Technology Officer | TurboVote | Paul Schreiber spent a...
Exec Dir | TurboVote | Seth founded TurboVote while receiving...
Type Interactive,
Dual
Hashtag #sxsw #turbovote
Theme Government and Global Issues
Level Beginner
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP10299
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