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While onstage at the 10th annual Crunchies Awards last night, Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson talked a bit about a new initiative to connect people with their government representatives. The program, called Twilio Voices for Democracy is part of the companys Twilio.org program dedicated to helping nonprofitsmake a difference through utilizing their tech.

The programdonates ordiscounts Twilio products and helpsnonprofits make use of the techto engage their audience, expand their reach and focus on making a real change in the world, according to the initiatives site.

Twilio.org has worked on partnershipswith the Red Cross to streamline emergency response dispatches, alongside other efforts related to stopping human trafficking and improving experiences at childrens hospitals.

Voices for Democracy is aiming to help developers bring people deeper into the democratic process.

We feel that in this politically charged climate, no matter what your opinions are, the most important thing you can do is to tell your representatives what you believe, and we want to help the developers of the world who are doing that, Lawson told TechCrunch.

The Voices for Democracy tool joins a host of other initiatives led by tech companies in Silicon Valley aiming to use tech to create a more meaningful sense of transparencyin politics.

Twilio is still finessing some of the details, but developers interested in applicable projects can text their email address to TWILIO to sign up for updates, Lawson says.

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