Forbes magazine has recognized NDI Program Officer Kathryn Peters as one of the “30 under 30” making their mark in the field of law and policy.
Peters was recognized for founding TurboVote, a web service that makes voting by mail as simple as renting a DVD from Netflix. TurboVote provides free email and text message reminders for all elections and sends users completed voter registration forms and absentee ballot request forms by mail, along with pre-addressed, pre-stamped envelopes.
"Local governments just don't have the resources to provide these tools, so while the Internet has made nearly all other aspect of our lives easier, voting remains a difficult, manual process,” said Peters. “But technology can make democracy work more smoothly, and TurboVote is a step towards simpler voter engagement."
Peters joined NDI in September, where she now works on the Institute’s technology and democracy projects. She also writes regularly on the NDItech blog about open data in government, building trust online, and ways new technologies support democratic governance.
