On Election Day, The Committee of Seventy works with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to coordinate the Election Oversight Program, a voter protection program in which it monitors, documents and responds to election irregularities through the combined efforts of volunteers at a command center and teams of lawyers and volunteers deployed throughout Philadelphia County. Seventy had been using a pin map in the command center to track incident locations and assist in dispatching field volunteers.
Azavea built a web-based application that enabled rapid data entry and display of incident information, easily searchable by incident types. Projected on the command center wall, the real-time incident map provided an up-to-the-minute look at where incidents were unfolding throughout the city. Putting the map online enabled it to be shared easily with field volunteers and members of the media, enabling management staff and volunteers to understand problematic trends as they developed, and respond accordingly. Read more.