InvolveOS folds fragmented data into a unified map
The name is Latin: involvere, from in- and volvere, to roll into, to wrap, to enclose in a covering. The same volvere gives revolve, and volumen, the scroll a Roman unrolled to read: the turn and the record come from one root. The OS is the other half of the name, and it is the quiet half, the layer underneath that holds what no person should have to carry, so the people doing the ground work can get on with the asking. That's the point of InvolveOS: independent campaigns, enfolded on one map, with the record still there when the cycle turns and the next candidate arrives, and without any campaign giving up what belongs to it.
What InvolveOS holds itself to
- Build things that outlast the cycle
- Diversity of thought
- Bias to civic action
Why
Civic participation shouldn't require insider infrastructure. The tools for coordinating democracy are a decade behind and priced for incumbents.
How
Technology for good, put to work through human-centered design: tools that help everyday people take part in civic life and make a positive impact in their communities.
What
One live map for a county or a district: every town with its results, its registration, and its volunteers, drawn to the precinct for a county party, and every county with its brief.
Who for
Everyday people doing democracy's ground work: county chairs, candidates and people preparing to run, and the volunteers and staff who support them.
The commitment
To strengthen participation in democratic and civic life by building durable, shared coordination infrastructure for civic and political organizing, and by reducing duplicated effort among organizations working in the public interest.
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