We Persist

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[Charlie Isaacs @charlieisaacs]

The @we_persist team is persisting and hacking at #hactivistsunite #EqualityForAll #Diversity #inclusion

[Equal Rights Advocates (Follow us on Threads/IG) @EqualRightsAdv]

This weekend ERA is getting hacked! But in a good way. Stay tuned to see what’s happening... #TitleIX #Hackathon @we_persist

[We Persist @we_persist]

We do too! https://t.co/8BMZYYNWxn

[NationSwell @NationSwell]

I believe #nationalservice can save our democracy 🇺🇸 -@JoshFryday @ServiceYear #LetUsServe

[We Persist @we_persist]

#Hackforgood July 14-16 in SF at Hacktivists Unite for Women. Challenges by @EqualRightsAdv @GirlsLearnIntl @WCIntl. https://t.co/oAKQvNAtBD

[Vice President Kamala Harris Archived @VP46Archive]

“Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.” – Harvey Milk #HarveyMilkDay

[Jared Marcotte @jungshadow]

Watching @LACountyRRCC’s “Democracy by Design” VSAP video. Gets me every time https://t.co/eHZoAmZQMS #getsummit

[We Persist @we_persist]

.@LACountyRRCC's VSAP = most exciting innovation at #GETsummit: vote at any center for 10 days before election on accessible machines. @ideo

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.@RaviMGupta: Scale will come from existing tech being used more / more meaningfully (until more specific #civictech is built). #GETsummit

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.@RaviMGupta: Not a strong correlation right now between strength of ideas + founders and funding #civictech startups get. #GETsummit

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.@_jonathanstein: CA has the most immigrant and limited-English voters of any state. https://t.co/u0nuenQS3N #GETsummit

[We Persist @we_persist]

Just tried prototype of @LACountyRRCC's new human-centered, accessible voting machine, designed with @ideo. Debuting in 2018! #GETsummit

[We Persist @we_persist]

.@sfsinger: How do open-source voting systems save $? 1) Market has been propped up since beginning. 2) Vendor lock-in is real. #GETsummit

[Kathryn Peters @katyetc]

"If you have an idea about how to improve elections, you should talk to an election official first." - @whitneymaybe #GETsummit

[Ben Miller @BenArnoldMiller]

This is pretty neat. It's ready to go tools for local election officials: https://t.co/c0VEguBBE1 #GETSummit

[We Persist @we_persist]

It's not enough for voting software to be open source, says @cjerdonek. The documentation must also be open source. #GETsummit

[Global Elections & Technology Summit @electiontech]

There is less partisanship on local level; we should be doing the best job at communicating & engaging there -- @katenrg #electiontech

[We Persist @we_persist]

.@cjerdonek: Both SF and LA have expressed preferences for copy-left licenses for open-source voting systems they're building. #GETsummit

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.@cjerdonek: How much $ can open-source #electiontech save? $600-700M going to next-generation CA voting systems in near future. #GETsummit

[We Persist @we_persist]

.@sfsinger: The technology of elections should be publicly owned, publicly available and publicly challengeable. #GETsummit

[Monica Childers @mcranechilders]

@TomTarantino of @Twitter: the worst sin of Silicon Valley is to assume tech can solve non-technical problems #GETsummit