Tech really wants to fix this election

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Tech really wants to fix this election


New tech-backed voting initiatives seem to be popping up every day, and, although most claim to be nonpartisan, it’s clear that Donald Trump’s unusual campaign has ignited investors and pushed them to act.

There’s Hunter Walk’s Take Off Election Day and Spotify’s new “Clarify” podcast series, CRV’s #### Trump announcement that offers visa coverage for immigrant founders and Reid Hoffman’s Trumped Up Cards.

On the other side of the Valley’s political divide, Trump has drawn support from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who financed the alt-right organization Nimble America but later claimed he would vote for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.

It’s clear that Silicon Valley is ready to spend on this election, whether by making big-dollar donations or by backing voter-registration initiatives. But it’s not certain how much impact competing VC-funded registration apps and initiatives will have on getting their (typically millennial) target audiences.

“I think that this is a particularly good use of capital,” Altman told TechCrunch of his investment in VotePlz, a site launched earlier this month to help millennials register to vote.


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