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  • Smart African Politics: Candidates Debating Under a Tree

    Tina Rosenberg

    November 10, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Sierra Leone

    Voters tend to know a lot about presidential and local candidates but little about those in between. In Sierra Leone, an organization hosted, filmed, and then projected the debates in villages, increasing voters’ knowledge of the candidates and issues, and changing the way people voted.

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  • It Takes a Village

    Kirsi Jansa

    February 11, 2015 |

    Sustainability Pioneers |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Balcombe

    Two towns are fighting back against fossil fuel companies. From fossil free energy fairs in Pennsylvania to a solar energy co-op in the UK, citizens are relying on the idea of community power to unite in favor of renewable energy. In the UK, the creative financing structure of the co-operative REPOWERBalcombe will generate both financial and environmental returns.

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  • A Grass-Roots Drive for Clean Elections in Karnataka

    Ankita Rao

    May 15, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Karnataka

    B. Godihal is one of the thousands of communities in Karnataka that have worked to hold clean elections, stirred by a confluence of awareness campaigns by nongovernmental organizations and rising public frustration with candidates’ broken promises.

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  • TurboVote Aims to Make Voting as Easy as Renting a DVD

    Josh Dzieza

    December 13, 2013 |

    NationSwell |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    TurboVote allows users to fill out voter registration forms online and then mails them the paperwork to sign along with a stamped envelope addressed to the user’s local election office. The site also sends email and text reminders for mailing deadlines and polling place locations to its over 200,000 registered users. TurboVote partners with 68 universities, where many students are first-time voters and/or need to register at a new address. Students at partner universities receive the forms for free (otherwise it costs $1.60 per form) and popup windows on university websites remind students to register.

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  • Compulsory Voting

    Emma Eisenberg

    October 01, 2001 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    In the U.S. the electorate skews white, wealthy, and old because such demographics are more likely to vote. Creating mandatory voting laws would increase voter turnout and thus increase voting equity.

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