This initiative sounds a wakeup call for the billion people of this country to unite and bring about change. A change in the quality of governance that can happen only with active participation through voting, and electing quality leaders. A change by strengthening the roots of Indian democracy.
The uniqueness of this campaign is the way technology has been innovatively leveraged to address the fundamental challenges in voter registration process. There are many hurdles which citizens face in the current voter registration process, enough to test the patience of even the most determined citizen! The issues range from getting accurate answers on how the process exactly works, knowing your Assembly Constituency, where to drop your registration form, whether you have made it to the voter list or not etc. etc. Integrating the latest advances in internet and mobile technologies in a seamless manner, Jaago Re! One Billion Votes and its website www.jaagore.com, aim to provide a one-stop-shop solution to all your voting needs.
One of the key innovations is the launch of India’s first online voter registration engine, which allows you to fill out your voter registration form online within 5 mins! The engine has an added feature (in the 35 target cities) to locate your house address on your city map through a GIS application, in order to determine your Assembly Constituency. Click here to know about the other innovations and benefits of registering at www.jaagore.com.
The campaign focuses on empowering the youth of India to lead the change themselves. Not surprising, knowing that the driving force behind the campaign are a bunch of passionate youths themselves.
The youth of India have the passion and potential to make a difference, what is missing is an enabling platform. This is what Jaago Re! One Billion Votes aims to provide. The campaign provides opportunities and tools to the youth to run their own voter registration drive – amongst their friends, community or at their campuses – and even track the number of people they have registered at www.jaagore.com.
So Jaago Re! It's about time.
Benefits of Registering
Jaagore.com aims to provide a one-stop-shop solution to meet all the voting needs of Indian citizens.
Whether you are an unregistered voter or an already registered voter, if you belong to any of the 35 cities covered by us, there are several benefits you can get by registering on this website. Begin by choosing one of the following options:
• I AM NOT A REGISTERED VOTER
• I AM A REGISTERED VOTER
I am not a registered voter
Here’s how jaagore.com currently serves your voting needs:
• Jaagore.com has India’s first online voter registration engine, which allows you to fill out your voter registration form online within 5 mins! The engine has an added feature (in the 35 target cities) to locate your house address on your city map through a GIS application, in order to determine your Assembly Constituency.
After filling out your form online, you can download and print a PDF file of your filled voter registration form, and submit it to your ERO (Electoral Registration Officer). Don’t know what an ERO is? No problem, you will get the full contact details and location of your ERO on your city map, along with driving directions to reach there from your house!
• Voting related information – In All About Voting you’ll find the most comprehensive compilation of questions and answers on voting related issues. Be it questions on how the process really works, or getting your voter ID card, questions related to first time voters especially students, corrections on voter lists etc., you’ll find answers to all.
More importantly, you can bust some common myths most hold on voting!
• Election News and Updates – To ensure that you do not miss out on any important date or information, jaagore.com compiles all election and voting related news for your city, as released by Election Commission of India, and sends it straight to your inbox!
So, the next time there is a revision of voter lists in your city, or a voter ID card drive or announcement of elections, you wont miss it!
• Volunteering tools and opportunities – If you are really serious about making a difference, then it is not enough to just get yourself registered. It’s also important to get others around you to register to vote.
As a registered user of jaagore.com, you can run your own voter registration drive – amongst your friends, community, campus and even across your city – and make a real difference ahead of the 2009 general elections. You can even track the number of people you have registered at jaagore.com!
There’s lot more that we’re working on, which will come in to effect in the coming months.
I am a registered voter
You will surely value each of the following services you receive when you register with us:
• Update your voter registration – Many registered voters have some problem or other related to their details in voter list Eg. you may be registered from an old address, there could be a spelling error in your name or address, your age or your sex could be mentioned incorrectly. You can now correct any of these easily, through the online voter registration engine at jaagore.com.
After filling out your form online, you can download and print a PDF file of your filled voter registration form, and submit it to your ERO (Electoral Registration Officer). Don’t know what an ERO is? No problem, you will get thefull contact details and location of your ERO on your city map, along with driving directions to reach there from your house!
• Voting related information – In All About Voting you’ll find the most comprehensive compilation of questions and answers on voting related issues. Be it questions on how the process really works, or getting your voter ID card, questions related to first time voters especially students, corrections on voter lists etc., you’ll find answers to all.
More importantly, you can bust some common myths most hold on voting!
• Election News and Updates – To ensure that you do not miss out on any important date or information, jaagore.com compiles all election and voting related news for your city, as released by Election Commission of India, and sends it straight to your inbox!
So next time there is a revision of voter lists in your city, or a voter ID card drive or announcement of elections, be sure that you wont miss it!
• Volunteering tools and opportunities – If you are really serious about making a difference, then it is not enough to just get yourself registered. Its also important to get others around you to register.
As a registered user of jaagore.com, you can run your own voter registration drive – amongst your friends, community, campus and even across your city – and make a real difference ahead of the 2009 general elections. You can even track the number of people you have registered at jaagore.com!
There’s lot more that we’re working on, which will come in to effect in the coming months.
What we are working on
We are passionate about leveraging technology to provide assistance to voters in all possible ways. Following are some key innovations that we are working on currently:
• Online voter search application – Ever tried searching a particular name on your city’s voter lists? Do you know that apart from the top 6 metros, all other cities and towns in India DO NOT have their voter lists in English?
We are working to develop a powerful voter search application that can search your name on the voter lists, despite any spelling errors. With this feature, as a registered user of jaagore.com, you will get automatic email and SMS updates of your voter status, every time your city’s voter list gets revised.
• Mapping of polling booths – Most urban citizens face problems in locating and getting to their polling stations on election days. Beginning with Bangalore, we are mapping the polling booths for major cities of India.
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