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Re:Google's CEO: 'The Laws Are Written by Lobbyists' by jessriedel on Saturday October 02, 2010 @01:25PM (#1750868)
I'm interested, but their "about" page isn't detailed enough. What do they do? I guess they give you the contact info for your representatives and then provide verification for the representative that you are a voting constituent? What do they do to organize ("match") people?
Re:Google's CEO: 'The Laws Are Written by Lobbyists' by sachinag on Saturday October 02, 2010 @02:18PM (#1750999)
For now, yeah. It's an extension of how the Startup Visa movement used gov2. Elected officials and their offices really only want to hear from their constituents; if you make it easier for them to verify that feedback is coming from their constituents while you simultaneously make it easier for constituents to engage, then (theoretically) through the size of the crowds, you can drown out highly motivated special interests. (Of course, lobbyists are free to use Votizen and are the short-term potential advertisers on the platform.)