California Counts Election Coverage

The 2016 elections were exceptional for many reasons. For us locally, it was marked by a groundbreaking partnership of NPR affiliates divvying up coverage of statewide election issues. My role in this effort was to work with the stations to create the editorial protocols, technical infrastructure and protocols for story sharing across the network. 

Part of that effort meant working with a third party to create a white label voters guide app that was tailored to each user's ballot. All the user had to do was to enter their address on the NPR affiliate's website to see every choice on their ballot — from school board members to governor — and all our combined coverage of them. Users were encouraged to make their selections at home and carry the app, or a printout, into the voting booth. 
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