Emily Saltz
The 19%
The 19%
With the legacy of New England Town Meetings, Mainers still lead the nation in public meeting attendance, but this tradition of slow, contextual deliberation is slipping away. This essay film follows Maine's contentious referendum on voter ID and absentee voting, searching for what civic engagement means in an age of declining town halls and polarized national movements.
Emily Saltz is an independent UX researcher, strategist, and multimedia storyteller specializing in public interest technology. Formerly, she was a Senior UX Researcher at Jigsaw (Google), UX Researcher at The New York Times R&D Lab, and Research Fellow at the Partnership on AI. She holds a Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University.
Emily Saltz is an independent UX researcher, strategist, and multimedia storyteller specializing in public interest technology. Formerly, she was a Senior UX Researcher at Jigsaw (Google), UX Researcher at The New York Times R&D Lab, and Research Fellow at the Partnership on AI. She holds a Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University.