Tag Archives: voting

Building a Real-time SMS Voting App Part 1: Node.js & CouchDB

This is the first in a four-part series of blog posts on building a real-time SMS and voice voting application using Node.js. In part one, we will create the Node.js application, set-up the CouchDB database and connect everything to Twilio … Continue reading →

Posted by Carter Rabasa on September 18, 2012 Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

TurboVote Aims to Make Voting Easy for Everyone

Voter turnout is always a challenge for the United States. Typical turnout is 50% for presidential elections, 40% for mid-term elections and only 10% in local, special and primary elections. One state, Oregon, changed its voting system to increase participation by … Continue reading →

Posted by Ladan Mahini on June 12, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

Managing Phone Numbers Using Twilio's REST API

For TechCrunch Disrupt going on this week in New York, Twilio was tasked with building an application that would allow attendees to vote on Startup Battlefield participants. To eliminate cheating or ballot stuffing we decided to give all 2000 attendees … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on May 25, 2010 Tagged , , , ,