Access to election information is key to keeping New Yorkers civically engaged. This session will briefly introduce participants to the concept of political geography and its implementation through Open Civic Data Identifiers in the Democracy Works-powered Google Civic Information API. We’ll then demonstrate how you can use the Civic Information API to create a basic voter portal and how you could expand on that portal with supplemental data from NYC’s Open Data and Democracy Works’ elections API.
Democracy Works is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Brooklyn that collaborates with election officials, leading tech platforms, and world-class partners to drive voter access and participation.