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Re:Run for Office: Find all elected offices you are eligible... by germinalphrase on Thursday January 26, 2017 @02:44PM (#13494606)
Really simple toolbox for establishing a credible website, donation bucket, social media presence, self hosted email, mailing list, voter canvassing lists, news outlet contacts?

Parties and big campaigns can set such things up for candidates, but could a functional - if less sophisticated - version of those tools be established for potential local candidates?

(Perhaps, I'm just ignorant and such a toolset already exists)

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Re:Run for Office: Find all elected offices you are eligible... by tptacek on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:06PM (#13494818)
Yes, but also just things around granting people social permission to run. It's not crazy to suggest that social permission is a bigger obstacle for most elected offices than money is.
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Re:Run for Office: Find all elected offices you are eligible... by germinalphrase on Thursday January 26, 2017 @06:56PM (#13496562)
By "social permission" do you mean from the individual's community, or from established parties/organizations?
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