The Voting Project

A project in Manchester, UK by The Human Project.
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What if we voted for policies instead of parties? A groundbreaking digital election based on ideas, not personalities.
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Backers: 56
Average Pledge Per Backer: £39

Funded: £2,168 of £20,000
Dates: Nov 11th -> Dec 10th (30 days)
Project By: The Human Project.
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Latest News

The future of The Voting Project…

December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
With very little time remaining in our Kickstarter campaign, it seems that unless we win the lottery or receive a pledge from an oil oligarch, we probably won’t hit our target. Obviously it’s disappointing not to reach our goal but it’s... (Read More)

The Voting Project by numbers

December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
In 28 days: £1,562 pledged, 49 backers, 729 emails sent, 26 train journeys, 27 sleepless nights, 19 policy selfies taken, 1 ideas party, 4 podcast mentions, 1 television appearance, 2 celebrity hosts, 1 radio interview, 181 twitter follows, 1 talk... (Read More)

You’re invited

December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
If you can spare an hour or two this evening (Monday 8th December at 7pm), and fancy talking about The Voting Project over mulled wine and tasty treats join us at SpacePortX in Manchester. We’ll tell you about our plans, take a sideways look at the... (Read More)

Announcing: Josie Long

November 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We just can’t keep it a secret any longer. The brilliant Josie Long (BBC, Channel 4) will be joining us alongside Robin Ince to host The Voting Project's live policy election results event in 2015.  The evening will be a turning point for direct... (Read More)

Voting Project on RT tonight

November 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
RT's feature on The Voting Project will screen any time now. Tune in... http://rt.com/on-air/rt-uk-air/  (Read More)

Parliament Week

November 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
It's been a very positive few days for democratic engagement projects. Last Friday 285 members of the Youth Parliament met at the House of Commons, marking the start of Parliament Week. They chose to adopt A Living Wage For All as their priority... (Read More)

Russia Today, later today

November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We will be interviewed about The Voting Project on Russia Today, some time from 1.30 this afternoon. We will be talking about our aspirations for the project and how keen we are to engage the public in a debate about the nature of our electoral... (Read More)

A song a day

November 19th - via: kickstarter.com
For the last two thousand, one hundred and forty eight days (or thereabouts) Jonathan Mann has released a new song on YouTube. With numbers like that he's probably the most prolific singer-songwriter out there. He has a pretty incredible ability to... (Read More)

800 years in 400 seconds

November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We'll be speaking at a PechaKucha event in Manchester this Thursday, 20th November. In exactly 400 seconds we'll outline how 800 years of electoral and voting reforms have been driven by dramatic social change, and how social change once again... (Read More)

#PoliciesNotParties

November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

The Magnificent Seven

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Announcing: Robin Ince

November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Two days into our Kickstarter campaign and we’re incredibly pleased with how people are responding. It’s always nerve-racking sharing your ideas with the world, but thanks to the generous support and encouragement from people like you we’re... (Read More)

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