How Votetocracy works
Introduction
Many Americans realize the impact bills in Congress have on your lives. So you make an attempt to get informed and get involved. Doing so has traditional meant sending a message to your representatives. Votetocracy is different. Different because we add an important layer - Measurement. Or goal is to quantify your efforts so everyone can see and benefit from the messages sent to Congress. We accomplish this by tallying the results of your efforts and efforts by fellow Americans so there is a public view of collective sentiment.
Below the Infographic you'll find a textual description of the following:
You and your Congressional Representatives
Finding Bills or Issues that you care about
Voting on Bills - but educate yourself first
Sending your votes to Congress
Comparing yourself to your representatives - Measuring Outcomes and Effectiveness
Staying involved
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You and your Congressional Representatives
Every American has representatives in Congress. The first thing we do is lookup your reps using your address. Once found, your experience on Votetocracy is tailored to you and your reps. For example - you will see how you compare to your reps on every bill.
Finding Bills or Issues that you care about
A session of Congress can have over ten thousand bills. We made it easy to find ones you care about. Bills are organized in categories and topics such as health and abortion. We also provide ways to view current or active bills by filtering on their status (ie: In the House or On the President's desk).
Find bills by Category and topic - Such as Health/Abortion or War and Military/Gun Rights
Find bills status - Introduced, In the House, In the Senate, To President, Became Law
Find bills by Agreement - Find bills that Americans and Congress agree on or disagree on