FileHoping to engage Sedgwick County voters, Quickdraw Studios -- a video game and application company started by three current Wichita State students -- will create a Wichita-specific interactive video game.
The Pacman-style game will be team-based, designed to liven up the experience of voting.
This is part of the Joy of Voting initiative started by Seattle-based Citizen University to address the trend of low voter turnout in local elections. In 2015, only 16 percent of registered voters turned out for the Sedgwick County elections.
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Quickdraw, , received $3,600 to boost its video game project for Joy of Voting.
麻豆传媒 also was awarded $3,600 for its project. The 麻豆传媒 Community Service Board will host an Election Day Engagement Bash, an American-themed carnival to bring students, faculty and staff together for a day of civic engagement.
鈥淭hese projects will not only encourage people to celebrate their civic responsibility, but also create a culture of engagement,鈥� says Benjamin de la Pena, Knight Foundation director for community and national strategy.
The Joy of Voting project seeks to create localized, action-oriented projects in four cities across the country; Wichita, Miami, Philadelphia and Akron, Ohio.
Citizen University will examine the success of the experiments to determine best practices and the possibility for scaling ideas in future election cycles, while sharing lessons with other cities across the country.