LetsVote's Digital Democracy Votathon App to improve voter participation, fitness

HYDERABAD: LetsVote, an award-winning, apolitical nonprofit civil society organisation since 2008, along with Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (HYSEA) and with assistance from Lifecykul App has unveiled a “Digital Democracy Votathon”.

Besides unveiling “Storybox", LetsVote is also organising a Walkathon on November 25, at the Gachibowli Stadium to raise awareness about the need to vote and the power of voting.

Marking the launch, more than 500 Engineers covered around 4 km distance to educate the public. Dr. K Subbarangaiah, national convener of Let's Vote, Krishna Prasad Pinapala, CEO, SoCtronics, and chief of staff, INVECAS along with their engineers walked the streets of Nanakramguda.

Digital Democracy Votathon App

The idea of the Votathon App is to encourage citizen participation, allowing them to propagate the importance of Voting along with fitness. Any citizen can download the Lifecykul App and go to the Votathon section to participate, after downloading they start by walking or cycling to educate the importance of voting to the public. At the end of each session, the user will know exactly how many kilometers they have covered educating the public.

Storybox

LetsVote has also collaborated with the “StoryBox” a social entrepreneur’s team to reach out to the young school students by placing innovative dispensers of reading content. LetsVote believes that the children of today are the citizens of tomorrow. Further, children can motivate grown-ups to exercise their right to vote too.

LetsVote has enabled valuable election process-related content that will educate the electoral processes among students and their families through these Story Boxes that are placed at 25 schools, and targeted to reach 40 schools. LetsVote is also working with the different school management to increase awareness. Any interested school can also reach out to the LetsVote Team or StoryBox team to install the StoryBox at their schools.

Walkathon in partnership with CEO, Telangana on Friday

A Walkathon in partnership with the Chief Electoral Office, Telangana, will be conducted by LetsVote on November 25, 2023. Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj will flag off the walk at 6:30 am at Gachibowli Stadium.

“We are anticipating the participation of 4,000 people consisting of IT employees, students, first-time voters, the general public, and celebrities,” said, Dr. K Subbarangaiah, National Convener, Let's Vote.

"Every step in a "walkathon" for voter awareness is a stride towards a stronger democracy. Let's join hands, new voters and seasoned ones alike, to not just cast our votes, but to shape the future we believe in," said Sheela Panicker, Publicity Convenor, LetsVote