The core idea is certainally a good one. Creating a closer connection between the voters and the politicains is needed. If politicians are willing to take it se

The core idea is certainally a good one. Creating a closer connection between the voters and the politicains is needed. If politicians are willing to take it seriously then it has great potentional. Some initial impressions is I wold second it dosn't seem fully polished. The left menu wasn't actually links in IE8 and the most apparant search is a search for other users. It would seem most beneficial to have it be searching for Elected Officials. I did see the search in the top right that would search Officials, Candiated, and users which is of help. I also noticed that the summaries on Legislations is showing as straight text so you are seeing HTML code. It also would be beneficial to have some filtering options. Such as sorting by Legislation Type(what it effects), Where a candidate/Official is located and what level of the Government are they apart of. With a little UI work it can grab the users and has great potential. However these little things can stop from getting a more casual group which is what the site will need to reah that potential. Just some initial impressions.