Center for New Data

??? We’re so excited to announce our new website! newdata.org ??? Thoughtfully redesigned to meet the moment, our updated website puts our mission to support a thriving democracy front and center, inviting current and prospective partners to engage with our tools to support voting rights. Our Executive Director, Jacqueline Edwards, shares her vision for the new website: “As the November election approaches, it is imperative that our digital presence reflect the potential of the tools we’re co-designing with voting rights organizations. It was also an incredible opportunity to feature our newest product, the Voting Access Monitor (VAM). We’re focused on strengthening digital infrastructure for our democracy and can't wait for our partners and supporters to rediscover our work online!” #democracy #vote2024

?? New analysis from ABC, using data from Center for New Data's Voting Access Monitor, demonstrates that 1 in 5 election day polling locations has closed in the past ten years. ?? We're one week out from the election and highlighting places like Warren County, Georgia where "five out of six polling places shuttered shortly after the Supreme Court reduced federal oversight of elections. The county, which is majority Black and low income, was left with a single voting location to cover nearly 300 square miles." ?? Equitable access to polling locations is essential to our democracy. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/eDpf34HE ?? With gratitude to our partners Fair Fight Action Campaign Legal Center and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. who informed this work. #vote2024

Volunteers are key to running our elections and their role needs to be respected. Experts continue to prove that voter fraud is rare. These actions in Texas are concerning and threaten the health of our democracy, we cannot target the people that make our elections work. https://lnkd.in/dyBt49Xe #votingrights #vote2024

Tiffany Hsu shares the essential stories of our local election officials being targeted with disinformation in the The New York Times. At a time when we need our elections officials to be focused on preparing for the election and protecting our democracy, they are being bombarded. "When she signed on to be director of elections in Cobb County, Ga., last year, she knew she’d be registering voters and recruiting poll workers, maybe fixing up voting machines. She didn’t expect the unending flood of disinformation — or at least, she wasn’t prepared for how much it would overtake her job. She has had election deniers shout at her at public meetings, fielded weekend calls from politicians panicked about a newly circulating falsehood, and even reviewed conspiracy theories circulating on Nextdoor forums that might worsen skepticism among distrustful constituents already doubtful that the democratic system is reliable and secure." https://lnkd.in/d6--hBK5 #vote2024

Listen to our board member Esosa Osa on WABE’s Closer Look with Rose Scott today! Esosa shares key insights from Onyx Impact’s new report on disinformation. A great listen: https://lnkd.in/eUFx24rq

It's National Poll Worker Recruitment Day! One of my favorite parts of describing our work at Center for New Data is how many people respond by telling me they are a poll worker in their local community! It's inspiring to hear about neighbors that get out there to support democracy. I've spent this week in rural Nova Scotia, on an island I've visited every summer for over 30 years, and look at what I saw on the ferry - they are looking for poll workers! Big Tancook Island is a community like no other and I love knowing how they are showing up to strengthen democracy. If your local area needs poll workers, get yourself signed up to help ensure everyone can cast their vote. #vote2024 #techforgood #election

Today is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day. As business leaders, we have an important role in supporting our elections – from encouraging time off to vote and providing flexibility for employees to volunteer as poll workers to leading by example. Support your community and sign up to Power the Polls this election: https://lnkd.in/d9qMBS_p #PollWorkerRecruitmentDay

Wondering what happens next? This statement from a nonpartisan group of elections experts explains.

When we learned about the issues that disabled voters in the US have in accessing polling locations, we couldn't thinking about the layers of inequity we see at the polls. Take a look at this essential article highlighting the work New Disabled South is leading to eliminate these barriers. #vote2024

?? Our friends Fast Forward have done the deep work needed to advise us all on the opportunities for AI and social good. Their framework and Kevin Barenblat and Nicole Dunn's leadership in the field has informed our work on AI and we're so glad to see it published for others to learn from! Check them out in Stanford Social Innovation Review this week. #AI #techforgood