Impact

Mi Derecho Mi Voto (Conscious Vote)

In February and May 2020, the Dominican Republic held presidential, legislative and municipal elections. One of the most important elections in history since the country chose more than 4,113 governmental representatives, responsible for the good management of our country and our resources. Previous to the approach of this important moment, the Santo Domingo HUB asked itself: (i) are we ready to exercise our right to suffrage?; and (ii) Do we know the working plan and proposals of the candidates?; (iii) How can we ensure that the Dominican population votes consciously, if they do not know what are the candidates proposals? Information is power and that is why the Santo Domingo HUB was motivated to look for the answers to these questions. The project was aimed to gather all political information of Dominican governmental candidates and provide that information to the Dominican population through online platforms. The goal and impact was to consciously exercise the right to vote, and to choose who will represent the Dominican population.


Problem Statement: Young Adults in Santo Domingo, need to exercise a conscious vote so that they can elect leaders of the country for the right reasons.


 


Target Group: Young Adults between the age of 18 and 35, able to vote in the 2020 elections.


 


Proposed Solution: Gather all political information of Dominican governmental candidates and provide that information to the Dominican population through online platforms. The goal is to consciously exercise the right to vote, and to choose who will represent the Dominican population.


 


Hub Activities: -Educational Talks in order to explain how the Dominican Government and Elections work. These were done to different organizations and we had an online webinar together with a local university.



-Webpage www.mimi.do to present all the gathered information regarding the next elections’ candidates, structure, methodology, etc.


-Presidential Proposal Compatibility Test: innovative way to analyze the differences between the six Dominican presidential proposals, providing a final result where you can find out which presidential proposal you are most compatible with.


-Alliance with UBER in order to provide preferred fares for Dominicans to exercise their right to vote.


-Conoce al Candidato (CAC) or Know your Candidate, where we interviewed live more than 20 candidates so they could present their plan of action if elected.


-Continuous communication campaign using our social network platforms.


-Election analysis forum as closure of the project.

Short & Long-Term Goals/Results: -Webinar



-Compatibility Test


-Educational Talks


-Communication Campaigns


-Uber discounts


-Webpage

Available Metrics: -Webinar: More than 20 candidates interviewed, including 2 presidential candidates.



-Compatibility Test: More than 26,000+ completions of the test


-Educational Talks: More than 100+ people participated in the educational talks


-Communication Campaigns:


-Uber discounts: More than 4,000+ uses of our discount code in uber rides on election day


-Webpage

Collaborators: Uber