VoterVillage.com

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. Sydney J. Harris How does my vote count on VoterVillage? As this site adds up the results of each poll, they'll be displayed immediately (for all to see). After voting, respectful comments are invited from anyone. Change your vote a... t any time and see the change immediately. So vote and invite friends to vote. Comment or LIKE other comments as well. We serve voters of all political parties (actively registered with the Board of Elections) by offering a nonpartisan polling platform allowing participation within districts, and only among eligible voters. We're committed to providing our members with UNBIASED, and TRANSPARENT straw polls and issue questions. We require all voters to provide real names and addresses when they register (so we can verify each registration with the Board of Elections and ensure each member votes only once on each poll) but we urge anonymity when selecting a "username" for this site (which you may change anytime). We require that each user be an officially registered U.S. voter and we actively cross-check user registrations with their official local voting records (which are publicly available). In January of 2011 my wife and I were driving back to NY from Washington DC, having just visited our new congressman on his first day in office. (I'd helped in his campaign.) As we were standing in our Representative's office on his first day, there were also a number of lobbyists who'd followed him back to his office after the swearing-in. The lobbyists were pressing their business cards into our Representative's hands. Though my wife and I would be leaving, we knew the lobbyists lived in Washington and could visit regularly. (When we had something to say, we would email and join a torrent of 35,000 emails, per office, per month. Who really has "access"?) VoterVillage began to take shape. We knew the web can connect people in powerful ways. Why not build a website to connect ...Read More