We are incredibly honored.
It has been awards week here at Voatz. For the past five years, we have been dedicated to improving security and providing access to voters who have been previously disenfranchised or unable to participate using the traditional voting methods. Last year, for the first time, voters with disabilities, deployed military personnel, and citizens living abroad were able to cast their ballots in the historic US General Elections using our native smartphone app which offered voters a unique ability to audit their ballots using a blockchain backed platform. Soon after, more than 1.6m votes were processed by the Voatz platform for a national referendum conducted in South America - the largest, successful mobile voting exercise conducted anywhere in the world to date. (Watch out for more details on this in our next newsletter).
We did not accomplish this alone. We are deeply grateful to all of those that played a part in enabling us to get here. Election officials and voters who trust us, investors, advisors and partners who’ve supported us, and engaged citizens who work tirelessly to help improve the accessibility and security of our electoral processes.
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Voatz has been recognized at the Fast Company: World Changing Ideas Awards 2021
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Innovative campaigns or policy initiatives that challenge the status quo for the benefit of the environment, equity, and society.
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Projects that live primarily in a mobile format, in any discipline.
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Concepts, prototypes, and just-launched ideas that may not have clear impact but have the potential to change how we think about an issue.
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Category: Apps and Software: Public Service & Activism - Honoree
Apps, mobile sites, and progressive web apps that educate and empower citizens, and/or encourage civic engagement within one’s community or society at large
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Join us at the
Boston Blockchain Week Event this week:
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Thursday: May 6, 4pm ET Registration
Speakers:
Senator Eric P. Lesser : Massachusetts Legislature
Leon Gaumond Jr. : Town Manager, Town of Weston, Massachusetts
Harvey Boshart : Select Board Member, Town of Weston, Massachusetts
Nimit Sawhney : Co-Founder/CEO, Voatz
Moderator:
Shannon O’Brien, former Treasurer, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the first woman to be a major party nominee for Governor of Massachusetts.
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Last week:
Voatz Co-Founder/CEO Nimit Sawhney was a panelist at the Luxembourg Blockchain Week, moderated by Patrick Weber, Ministry of Digitalisation, Luxemburg. You can find more information about this event: here
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