Hackathon

There is a need to expand the voters’ participation in the electoral process and also leverage technology to sustain momentum for community engagement. Apathy has become a potent weapon to “foist” unpopular candidates on Nigerians and citizens do not have the requisite information to organize for different outcomes. However, the complexity of voter registration and other challenges make it difficult for voters to easily possess voters cards. Users also don’t have the required information to optimise their experience on election day. In this hackathon, we are finding meaning to three things:

  1. How can we develop a resource hub for voters which includes candidate information, polling stations, allocations to their communities, and other data required to make informed electoral decisions?
  2. How can we build a platform to manage community organizing, localised advocacy, and voter registration drive in Nigeria, fully decentralised to the community level?
  3. How do we leverage on existing platforms developed by civic organizations such as EiE, Co-Creation Hub, BudgIT, and other organizations to transform access to electoral information for users?

Hackathon Information 

Venue: Co-Creation Hub/Virtual Connection 

Time: 10am prompt

Date: December 12, 2020

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