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App for shutting down bad Legislation and promoting grass roots elections

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Seth Shore July 18, 2017 at 4:50 pm
Hey Everyone,

I’m new to Liberty.me but not to the Liberty Movement. I was paying attention to it in 2008 and finally drank the kool-aid in 2012.

I’m posting here because I’ve been bootstrapping the development of a legislation alert app and I am hoping that it helps grassroots movements in shutting down bad legislation and getting good candidates elected.

The basic idea is to connect our nation’s outspoken political activists (10% of the population roughly) with the remaining interested bystanders (about 49% of the population, representing people who care but prefer to remain anonymous) so that their combined leverage can shut down bad legislation or help get good legislation passed.

Opinion data on pending bills is filterable by district and can be used to hold representatives accountable to the will of their constituency. Come election time, users can also easily compare their private voting history with a representative’s public voting record in order to make a much more informed vote than normal.

There are two types of accounts:
1. Mobilizers: These are public accounts that can be followed by other users and can post alerts on pending State and Federal legislation. This account type logs in via web browser and requires an invite code currently.
2. Apptivists: These are private accounts that follow public accounts and vote on the bills they are alerted to by the Mobilizers. This account type logs in via a simple phone app and is open to anyone with an iOS device (Android coming soon!).
Much more detailed info on the project can be found by scrolling down the homepage of our website: http://www.apptivism.us

We’ve recently launched our MVP of the application and I’ve set up an invite code that can be used by people from Liberty.me if anyone here would like to register as a Public Mobilizer account.

As this is my attempt to help promote liberty in our country, we have decided to make Apptivism free to use for both account types. Also, this app is meant to work together with other social media services like FB and Twitter. It’s not a replacement. That’s what Liberty.me is for. 😉

If anyone here has any questions, I’d love to answer them and I’d love to get feedback on the whether this type of system is something that could be useful to the liberty community.

Thanks in advance!

Cheers!

seth

PS: Here’s a brief video explaining the system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah4bJG5NNks
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Frank Maruschak July 19, 2017 at 3:53 pm

I think that the best way to get the “attention” of the individual it to give them a separate BILL for the “tax” or the expense of having the “government” manage any program. Take gas for example: If you got one bill for the fuel and a separate bill for the tax it might spark more thinking than when it is just “included”. If you had to “pay” your “income” tax each payday do you think that people would put up with the “system”? Your app idea may be a good idea, but the trouble is it is too far removed from daily life to be effective.

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