Closing that priority issue you’re working on can wait—put down your keyboard and vote! Millions of you already have, and your vote in national and local elections may just impact your work as developers. Government policies influence what software is built, how it’s used, and who gets to build it in the first place. Remember, Tuesday, November 3 is the last day to cast your ballot.
At GitHub we take this civic duty seriously, and we have been preparing the developer community to have your voices heard. We have been open source software projects that are contributing to better elections. While previous posts have focused primarily on the US . ahead of the November presidential election this year, developers’ civic engagement matters everywhere. In one example of our civic support globally, GitHub partnered with the Times of India and IBM on the Lost Votes Tech Solutions Challenge.
Vote! Then, celebrate once you have and spread the word to other developers by checking out our civic projects on GitHub!
