Snoqualmie tech company presented voting technology at U.N. meeting

Snoqualmie-based Democracy Live Inc. presented its voting technology to a host of countries at the United Nations in New York City on June 16.

Snoqualmie-based Democracy Live Inc. presented its voting technology to a host of countries at the United Nations in New York City on June 16.

The seven-year-old voting technology firm, was invited to speak to the United Nations on new voting technologies and issues surrounding voters with disabilities.

Democracy Live, through collaboration with the University of Washington and funding from Microsoft and Intel, has become a leading provider of accessible balloting in the U.S.

The Democracy Live solution called LiveBallot, has been selected for use by the U.S. Department of Defense and funded in part by the US Department of Health and Human Services to assist both military and disabled voters in voting.

“Although we can’t alleviate the social, legal and infrastructural barriers to voting, we can certainly lower the technology barriers so everyone can vote, including those voters with disabilities.” said company owner Bryan Finney in his presentation at the UN.

“With voters in 96 countries and every continent in the world using our LiveBallot voting technologies, we have heard time and again how difficult it can be to vote in developing democracies.”

Janet Lord of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability who served as moderator of the UN event said, “I was delighted that Democracy Live was able to share its experience with representatives from countries around the world. Bryan Finney’s presentation provided clear evidence that the voting rights of persons with disabilities can be realized through accessible voting technologies.”

For more information on the company, visit www.democracylive.com.