Diaspora Votes

Working Group:

Project information

The project aims at lobbying for legislation for the introduction of electronic or mail-in voting for Romanian citizens living or working abroad.

Please see our official campaign website for more details: http://diasporavoteaza.org

Project details

Project leader:

Andrei Popovici

Board liaison:

Andrei Popovici

Current team members:

Advocacy Coordinator: Andreea Craciun
Consultant: Claudiu Craciun
Electoral Reform Researcher: Laura Bretea
Electoral Reform Researcher: Florin Fesnic
Electoral Reform Researcher: Noemi Salantiu
Electoral Reform Researcher: Cristina Sarb
Communications Coordinator: Mariuca Morariu

Members of Diaspora Votes

Project leader

Andrei Popovici I received my BA from Yale University, where I double-majored in Economics and Literature, and I've worked for two years as a businesss consultant in Boston. I'm currently serving on the board of GRSPSociety and coordinating the Diaspora Votes project. For fun, I'm also translating Mateiu Caragiale's Craii de Curtea Veche into English, the continuation of my honors thesis project at Yale - in 2011, look for a copy in bookstores near you! As a founding member of GRSPSociety and a dual Romanian and US citizen living in the US, I believe in GRSPSociety's huge potential for encouraging a culture of civic participation and professional collaboration in Romania as well as in Romanian communities abroad. Activity: Co-founder & communications team member (2008); Boston conference organizer & DP panel moderator, extended board member (2009); Vice President of External Relations, Diaspora Votes (DP) project leader (2010) Location: Cambridge, United States

Team

Claudiu Craciun Activity: Co-Founder, President (2009), Diaspora Votes (DP) advisor Location: Bucharest, Romania
Andreea Craciun I am a graduate of the Sibiu Law School (2003), I have been awarded an LL.M Degree in Human Rights from the Central European University in Budapest (2004) and I am currently working towards my SJD Degree at the Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu. Although so far I have worked and specialized in human rights, I am presently a Legal Adviser at the National Federation of Mines and Energy; I handle the company's international relations, I am involved in the implementation of European-funded projects and I lobby and advocate for legislative modifications in the sector. I am also an authorized translator. Activity: Co-Founder, Secretary General (2009-2010) Location: Bucharest, Romania
Florin Fesnic Location: Cluj, Romania
Mariuca Morariu I received my BA in Communication Science from the Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi and I graduated a Master's programme in European Communication Studies at the University of Amsterdam funded by the 'Open Horizons' scholarship awarded by the Dinu Patriciu Foundation. My primary research interest is in civic engagement and political communication and I plan to continue my studies in public affairs in the coming year. By then, I intend to be a good entrepreneur and implement my business plan aiming to gather smart people with bright ideas and companies willing to invest in them on a single online platform. I trust in collaborative intelligence and in the power of young enthusiastic people who choose to design their own future and who from time to time can actually succeed. In this sense, GRSPSociety has all the premises to make a difference and through this project it brings even more into attention the importance of individual voices in Romania and abroad in deciding who will be the next political leaders. Activity: Communication officer for the Diaspora Votes project (Democracy and Participation working group) Location: Iasi, Romania
Noemi Salantiu Activity: member in Democracy and Participation working group Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cristina Sarb Location: London, United Kingdom