Museum of Modern PB| Channel | Participation modes | Relationship type | Synchronicity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood assemblies | In-person events | In-person group | Synchronous |
| Special assemblies for youth, seniors, non-English speakers, NYCHA | Embedded in existing spaces | In-person group | Synchronous |
| Online idea map and idea forms | Digital platform | Self-service | Asynchronous |
| Budget delegate committee meetings | In-person events | In-person group | Synchronous |
| Project expos (science fair format) | In-person events | In-person group | Synchronous |
| Vote week: large events, mobile and pop-up vote sites | Embedded in existing spaces | Self-service | Synchronous |
| Weekday voting at the Council Member's district office | In-person events | Self-service | Synchronous |
| Absentee and mail ballots | Paper | Self-service | Asynchronous |
| Digital ballots at poll sites and remote online voting | Digital platform | Self-service | Asynchronous |
| LinkNYC street kiosk voting (2018 to 2019) | Digital platform | Self-service | Asynchronous |
| Canvassing, subway outreach, door-knocking, phone banks | Door-to-door | One-on-one | Synchronous |
| Flyers, posters, mailers, e-newsletters | Paper | Mass or broadcast | Asynchronous |
| Social media, press and ethnic media | Social media | Mass or broadcast | Asynchronous |
| Community organizations, schools, tenant associations | Embedded in existing spaces | Embedded in a trusted intermediary | Mixed |
The rulebooks require every district to reach people through all of these: assemblies plus at least four special meetings for underrepresented groups, informal idea collection where those groups gather, an online idea map, at least six advertised vote sites including two large events and four mobile sites at places like senior centers and school lunchrooms, pop-up voting at subway stations, weekday voting in the district office, absentee ballots for people with disabilities, limited mobility, out-of-town residents and service members, at least three group outreach days and two phone banks, translated materials in the district's top languages, social media, traditional and ethnic press, newsletters and mailers. Digital voting arrived with pilot digital ballots in Cycle 4, digital ballots at many sites and a remote-voting pilot using PINs issued at in-person events in Cycle 5, and 'new technology innovations' in Cycle 6; by Cycle 7 every district had digital voting stations at poll sites, 29,465 of 99,252 votes were cast online and 5,000 sessions opened on LinkNYC kiosks; in Cycle 8 a third of 118,308 votes were online across 552 sites; in 2023 and after the Council simply says 'online or in person', with over 100 in-person sites in 2026. Ballots were in English and 16 other languages in Cycle 8 and 11 in 2026; in Cycle 7, 86 percent of ballots were English, 7.9 percent Spanish and 5.4 percent Chinese. The evaluators found that channels sort people: across the pilot, Cycle 3 and Cycle 4, family, friends and word of mouth were how most people heard of PB; community groups, schools and door-knocking reached people of color, lower-income, foreign-born and non-English-speaking residents; Council Member communications and online or social media channels reached whiter, higher-income, English-speaking, US-born voters (in Cycle 3, 69 percent of those who heard online were White against 40 percent of all voters). The Cycle 3 report and CDP's 2016 note for Public Agenda warned that technology should complement, not replace, paper ballots and face-to-face outreach, and that digital tools must be built for language access from the start.
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