/influence-texas

Inform the Texas electorate by putting politicians' campaign finance records next to their voting records in one succinct, mobile platform.

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Accountable Texas

An ATX Hack for Change Project

June 2-4 at St. Edward's campus


"The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate." - Thomas Jefferson


Purpose:

Informing the Texas electorate.

Reason:

Voting drives are nice, but getting uninformed people to cast ballots is not helping anyone. Voters need a quick, user-friendly way to tell who a politician really is.

Who has the time to search for hours and hours through newspapers and online articles in the (possibly vain) hope of finding unbiased information on each and every candidate?

Voters need to know:

  1. who is paying the politician off (campaign finance records).
  2. how the politician voted (voting records).

By putting these two pieces of information together in a succinct mobile platform, we can turn uninformed voters into informed voters.

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U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

This year all projects are aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This project falls under Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.

Developer Guide

For instructions on getting started with development, go to README_DEV.rst.