2 November 2006 10 am eastern

The Polling Place Photo Project

The Polling Place Photo Project is a nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that seeks to empower citizens to capture, post and share photographs of democracy in action. By documenting their local voting experience on November 7, voters can contribute to an archive of photographs that captures the richness and complexity of voting in America.

The Polling Place Photo Project is part of Design for Democracy, an initiative of AIGA, the professional association for design.

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8 Responses to “The Polling Place Photo Project”

  1. Christopher Schmitt said on November 2nd, 2006 at 1:17 pm:

    Not sure how legal this is as photos of polling places in my county aren’t allowed, I believe, to protect people’s privacy.

  2. MH said on November 2nd, 2006 at 4:27 pm:

    “Richness and complexity of voting in America”?

    What’s so rich about people waiting in line and walking in and out of booths? The really interesting part happens behind a curtain, doesn’t it?

    Hmm…what else could they possibly mean by “richness and complexity?”

    Look for photos of illegal aliens being turned away from the polls. With captions implying they are legitimate voters.

  3. Dale Cruse said on November 2nd, 2006 at 5:05 pm:

    Christopher: The question of legality is a good one. The Polling Place Photo project website has a link to the Center for Citizen Media’s Election Day Bloggers’ Legal Guide, which should help answer your question. http://citmedia.org/projects/electiondaylaw

  4. PRQ said on November 3rd, 2006 at 11:31 am:

    MH, while the most important part happens behind the curtain, it would seem that enough people find the entire experience interesting enough to bother with this sort of thing.

  5. Nick Garnett said on November 9th, 2006 at 10:10 am:

    Well, hello from England - congrats on that ‘house’ and ’senate’ thing

  6. a work on process » Providing Election Results said on November 9th, 2006 at 10:26 am:

    [...] This year’s midterm elections saw a huge range of online campaigning innovations. None of them was truly revolutionary, but from candidate profiles on facebook to coordinated text messaging campaigns and use of youtube, the emphasis on reaching out to voters online continues to grow. With all the worries about polling irregularities, projects like Polling Place Photo Project (via Zeldman) were also a nice addition to the toolkit. [...]

  7. Jeffrey Zeldman said on November 9th, 2006 at 1:51 pm:

    Thanks, Nick.

  8. online digital photo printing said on February 8th, 2007 at 10:13 pm:

    In my country, photos of polling places are not allowed because of privacy issues.

  9. MacSlash: A daily dose of Macintosh News and Discussion said on December 2nd, 2007 at 1:17 pm:

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