May Election Tech Meetup – Election Hackspace Launch
Well, that was a surprise. The election has been called and Newspeak House is running a hackspace every day until the election. https://electionhackspace2024.uk/
The hackspace is open from Tuesday but come to this event to meet others interested in election tech and get started on a project.
There will be lightning talks followed by an unconference
Hattie Andrews will speak about the work of Democracy Classroom
Council Climate Scorecards will speak about their local climate accountability project
Neha D'Souza from Small Axe will talk about their Just Register project
Brought to you by and the Election Tech Handbook, Newspeak House, and The Civic AI Observatory:
The Election Tech Handbook is a collectively-made and maintained resource for technologists, designers and campaigners working on projects around the upcoming UK General Election 2024: electiontechhandbook2024.substack.com
Newspeak House, The London College of Political Technology, is an independent residential college founded in 2015 to study, nurture and inspire emerging communities of practice across civil society and the public sector in the UK: newspeak.house
The Civic AI Observatory is a new initiative from Nesta and Newspeak House to support civic organisations as they plan and adapt to the rapidly evolving field of generative artificial intelligence: civicai.uk