System and method for facilitating political advocacy
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1. A method for facilitating political advocacy on-line, comprising the steps of:
- receiving personal information that identifies an advocate;
accessing a voter database to retrieve voter information about the advocate based on the personal information; and
sending a message to a political official based on voter information.
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Abstract
A method and system for political advocacy is described that uses a nationwide voter registration database, rather than a zip code-to-district matching system, to link advocates to their elected officials. Thus, advocates can contact the appropriate elected officials, and the elected officials can be informed of the advocates'"'"' political relevance. Furthermore, a targeted political advocacy technique is described in which a grassroots coordinator can send action alerts to those advocates who are registered to vote in districts of a particular group of legislators.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating political advocacy on-line, comprising the steps of:
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receiving personal information that identifies an advocate;
accessing a voter database to retrieve voter information about the advocate based on the personal information; and
sending a message to a political official based on voter information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A web site for facilitating political advocacy, comprising:
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means for receiving personal information that identifies an advocate;
means for accessing a voter database to retrieve voter information about the advocate based on the personal information; and
means for sending a message to a political official based on the voter information.
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14. A computer-readable medium bearing instructions for facilitating political advocacy on-line, said instructions being arranged to cause one or more processors upon execution thereby to perform the steps of:
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receiving personal information that identifies an advocate;
accessing a voter database to retrieve voter information about the advocate based on the personal information; and
sending a message to a political official based on the voter information.
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15. A method for on-line targeted political advocacy, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a selection targeting one or more political officials;
accessing an advocate database including voter information to identify one or more advocates that are registered to vote in a corresponding voting district of the one or more political officials; and
sending an action alert to the one or more identified advocates. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A web site for on-line targeted political advocacy, comprising the steps of:
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means for receiving a selection targeting one or more political officials;
means for accessing an advocate database including voter information to identify one or more advocates that are registered to vote in a corresponding voting district of the one or more political officials; and
means for sending an action alert to the one or more identified advocates.
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25. A computer-readable medium bearing instructions for on-line targeted political advocacy, said instructions being arranged to cause one or more processors upon execution thereby to perform the steps of:
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receiving a selection targeting one or more political officials;
accessing an advocate database including voter information to identify one or more advocates that are registered to vote in a corresponding voting district of the one or more political officials; and
sending an action alert to the one or more identified advocates.
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