Informed Voter Project

Change will not come if we wait for another person or another time. WE ARE the change we seek. WE ARE the people we’ve been waiting for.

- OBAMA

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Essence of ExistenceAn age of Informed Engagement in public life to spawn a progressive democracy that seeks to maximize civic happiness – measurably.

to maximize

Civic Happiness

Mission (Phase 5):Creation of tools and establishment of platforms to spawn aevolved democracy that enables:

- INFORMED TRACKING: relentless scrutiny of promise versus performance of elected representatives through rigorously researched, objectively analyzed, and efficiently communicated information

- INFORMED EDUCATION: galvanizing of society with catalytic information related to rights, responsibilities, and processes of intervention available to all stakeholders in democracy

- INFORMED PRESSURE: a high calibre of information-based engagement between elected representatives and citizens to realize the collective aspirations of society

INFORMED VOTER PROJECT Model

Creates Informed Pressure

Informed Education

Informed Tracking

Happiness through Progressive Democracy

Engagement Platforms

INFORMED TRACKING – its NOT….

Your Promise

My Promise

but rather….

YourPromise

YourPerformance

Portal

News Research

Video Interviews

Legislative Record Data & Analysis

Development Fund

Spending Analysis

Criminal Record

AnalysisUnconstitutional Promise

Analysis

Election Manifesto vs. Citizen Issue

Analysis

Consistency Analysis

Portal – Existing Features

Fixing the Active Citizenship Ecosystem

Journalists

IVP: Perm.

Database & Tool

Civil Society

Elected Reps

Media: Fleeting

IVP: Action Info.

NGOs: Sterile Quant. Data

IVP: Neutral

Media: Narrow & Opportun

isticIVP: 360

degree

Informed Education: Features, Content, Tools & Platforms Roadmap

6-Month Goals

• ‘Follow-my-Leader’ SMS/Email/Social Media Tools

12-Month Goals

• ‘Bills vs. My Life’ AV Content

• Elected Rep. Roles & Responsibility Query Tool

24-Month Goals

• ‘Smartvote’ Candidate Selector Feature

• Constitutional & Legislative Mechanism Content

Informed Tracking: Features, Content, Tools & Platforms Roadmap

6-Month Goals

• Project Tracker Feature

• Citizen Auditor Platform

• Smart Content and Research Management Tool (CMS)

• Web-research (News and Metrics) BOT Tool

12-Month Goals

• ‘RTI Generator’ Tool

• Elected Rep. Social Media Feed to Portal Profile Sync. Feature

• Area (Happiness Index) Tracker Platform

• IVR & Telecon-based Audio-Interview Recording & Playback Platform

24-Month Goals

• Legislative Bill Tracker Feature

• OCR for Regional Language News Research Tool

• Research Crowd-Sourcing Platform

• Committee Proceedings, Debates, Elected Rep. - Business Connections, Legislative Voting Record Analytical Content

Informed Engagement: Features, Content, Tools & Platforms Roadmap

6-Month Goals

• Civic Voice Exchange (Voice RTI) Platform

• Civic Vision (Dreams & Projects) Mapping Platform

• MLA PvP Report Card 2012 Content

12-Month Goals

• MP PvP Report Card 2013 Content

24-Month Goals

• Civic Vision to MP Manifesto Advocacy Platform

• Corporator PvP Report Card 2013 Content

Program Expansion Roadmap6-Month Goals

• Establish BangaloreVotes (Partial Informed Tracking Model)

• Establish HyderabadVotes (Partial Informed Tracking Model)

12-Month Goals

• Establish DelhiVotes (Partial Informed Tracking Model)

• Establish PuneVotes (Partial Informed Tracking Model)

24-Month Goals

• Establish ChennaiVotes (Partial Informed Tracking Model

• Establish KolkataVotes (Partial Informed Tracking Model)

• Establish AhmedabadVotes (Partial Informed Tracking Model)

• Graduate all city-models to full Informed Tracking Model

• Database– Tracking 2521 politicians with 733 Video Interviews and 6343 articles

related to MPs, MLAs and Municipal Councilors.• Website Stats

– 2,62,741 unique visitors since Mar 2009– 62.85% traffic to MumbaiVotes through Search Engines

• Impact on 2012 BMC Elections– Direct – 53,259 unique visitors from Jan 01 to Feb 17– State Coordinator/Partner of National Election Watch (Association for

Democratic Reform)– Indirect – Reach via Radio (Jaago Mumbai 90.8)/ Print Media– Implemented IVR system

Achievements – MumbaiVotes

Academic Partner Institutions

Mumbai University – Masters In Communication & Journalism (MCJ)Programme

Ruia College – Bachelors In Mass Media (BMM) Programme

KC College – Bachelors In Mass Media (BMM) Programme

Nmims – Masters In Business Administration (MBA) Programme

Xaviers College – Social Improvement Programme (SIP)

Supporting Civic Institutions

Expert Panel & TrusteesVivek Gilani (Founder Trustee)Environmental Engineer , Co-Founder - The NO2CO2 Project,Founder, MD – Climatemiles Pvt. Ltd. (part of the Climatenomics Platform), Member Secretary – The Green Signal (Ecolabel Program)

Dr. Aloke Thakore (Expert Panel, Trustee)Member - The Media Foundation (India), Co-Founder – Journalism Mentor Foundation, Columnist & Media Consultant

Dr. Uttara Sahasrabuddhe (Expert Panel, Trustee)Reader - Department of Civics & Politics, Mumbai University

Informed Voter Project as a Not-for-Profit Organization

Informed Voter Project is entirely insulated from any commercial or political interests.

It has been active since January 2004. It is part of the ‘Informed Voter Project’ which is registered as a non-profit institution under the Bombay Public Trusts Act (1950) with Registration Number: E-27959 (Mumbai)