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A Bit About LDV
• We launched in April 2008
• We’ve had 3.5 million unique visitors since launch
• We use technology to increase voter turnout
• We were Google’s official data provider for their “How to vote” project
• We recently won the Knight News Challenge for Elections
# of Registered Voters Who Did Not Vote in Millions
0M
14M
28M
42M
56M
70M
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
62M
29M
53M
20M
57M
24M
54M
30M
55M
36M
Millions of Registered Voters Don’t Vote
Source: United States Election Project (http://www.electproject.org/)
Long Distance Voter built a tool that makes absentee voting easy
Voter turnout in 2014 was abysmal.
!
(only 36%)
Americans don’t own printers anymore.
Or stamps. Or envelopes.
This is a wet signature
Electronic Signatures Are Already Binding Under the Law
• Uniform Electronic Transactions Act of 1999 • National ESIGN Act of 2000 • June 30th is National ESIGN Day • We literally have holiday celebrating
electronic signatures!
Long Distance Voter +
DocuSign +
Knight Foundation
Why DocuSign?
• The most prominent and trusted brand in electronic signature technology
• Trusted by everyone, from home buyers, to corporate 500 corporations, to local and state governments
• We can’t pull of this project without a trusted technology provider. DocuSign is that trusted provider.
By 2020Americans will be able to register to vote — or sign up for their
absentee ballots — directly from their smart phones
longdistancevoter.org