Educating VotersEducation encourages participation. The new emphasis on inclusion and increasing voter turnout is driving the collection of geocoded voter information on a statewide basis. In the United States, address matching helps ensure accuracy and meets the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). Worldwide GIS techniques for improving accuracy are being adopted to promote the democratic process.An Internet-based voter education system powered by GIS allows registered voters to access information such as their assigned district, polling location, and election results from a computer linked to the Internet from their home or the local library. "When the elections are more convenient, we have a greater poll. In addition, our GIS Internet application has significantly reduced the number of calls that our office receives. The public can now use the Web to determine where their polling location is and how to get there." User Web sites |
