Boston Voter App

Yawu Miller is founding a new nonprofit news agency to cover the BIPOC communities in Massachusetts. As part of this effort, he is developing the Boston Voter Web App to address the lack of accessible information around voting logistics and candidates in municipal elections in Boston. The project aims to create a web application where Boston voters have all vital voting information in one central location in service of the ultimate goal of increasing BIPOC voter turnout in municipal elections. Many news organizations provide articles or voting guides around the election, but they are often difficult to find, last minute, and represent a narrow perspective around candidates. Additionally, most election resources are around larger races with little coverage or few resources available for local elections, where candidates have the potential to impact people’s lives more directly. BIPOC voters often have the lowest voting rates especially in municipal elections for a variety of reasons including lack of information and logistical barriers such as hours of work, and family duties, that prevent them from reaching the polls. This project aims to remedy that for BIPOC voters in Boston. The principal goal of this project is to connect the following resources into one place: 1. Who is my Boston City Councilor? 2. When, Where, and How Do I Vote?