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Roundup events Event Roundup, Feb 19

• By Erika Owens

Saturday is International Open Data Day, and there may be a hack event near year.

Project Google Spreadsheets TileMill mapping elections MapBox Mother Jones’ Voter Suppression Map

• By Tasneem Raja
• Gavin Aronsen, Ben Breedlove, Mark Follman, Jaeah Lee, Tasneem Raja
• Mother Jones

How the Mother Jones nerd desk whipped up a multi-layered map of verified incidents of voter suppression for the 2012 US elections.

Interview data visualization Google Spreadsheets JavaScript Jessica Lord on sheetsee.js

• By Erin Kissane
• Jessica Lord
• Code for America

Jessica Lord breaks down the context and process behind sheetsee.js, a JavaScript mashup developed during her Code for America fellowship.