Digital Smarts - Election (and Beyond) Apps

With Election Day quickly approaching, take a look at the summaries of 11 political apps on the Netted site. The apps cited can give you more information about the election process, including how to make contributions (Spotfund), understanding what things are going to be on your ballot locally (BallotReady) and even giving you information on how to get an absentee ballot if you need it (TurboVote). (Democracy.io) is an app for getting hold of members of Congress and (4US) is one that will compare your opinions to the votes to those of your local Congressional Representatives. If election data is needed to complete a homework assignment, try RealClearPolitics or Greenhouse. PebbleGo Vote is an additional website, not mentioned on the list, offering free educational content about the 2016 election for students in kindergarten through second grade. Among the assets available for download are e-books, articles and lesson plans.