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Here's what I want: A link that I can click on that will add a google calendar event to notify me with the list of representatives to vote AGAINST when voting s

by tieTYT 13y ago

Here's what I want: A link that I can click on that will add a google calendar event to notify me with the list of representatives to vote AGAINST when voting season comes. I'm pissed now, but like all americans, I'll probably forget about this come election.

cinquemb 13y ago
That is a good idea. Yesterday in irc, we could only think of trying to get people to confront their local reps in their offices. I'll pass this along. Edit: If anyone knows any place to programmatically get (r)election dates for districts, please tell us here: https://github.com/tfrce/DefundTheNSA/issues/14 https://github.com/tfrce/DefundTheNSA/issues/14
- toomuchtodo 13y ago
  Also, remind me to donate heavily to their competitor if they voted against.
- na85 13y ago
  >irc Which channel/network?
  - cinquemb 13y ago
    ##rritf/freenode, but I don't know if anyone is there now.
- deleted 13y ago
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qwatsi13579 13y ago
I don't think you're allowed to vote for those outside your district/state.
- tieTYT 13y ago
  I know. If you go to the link, the first thing it asks is for your zip code to give you a list of your representatives. The reminder would contain that list.
  - cinquemb 13y ago
    That is where I was thinking of putting the link to download the dynamically generated .ICS file, but I'm stuck on where to get the data for their reelection dates :S (Sunglight labs supposedly has "term_start"and "term_end" fields, but a test call to their api shows nothing and even if those returned, I don't know how well that correlates to when the election is).
    - tieTYT 13y ago
      I hope I'm not embarrassing myself here, but, does this help? https://www.usvotefoundation.org/state-elections/state-election-dates-deadlines https://www.usvotefoundation.org/state-elections/state-elect...
      - cinquemb 13y ago
        That could help. But right now i found out that elections are held in the first week of November for house of representatives every two years, and any elections outside of that are due to edge cases like resignation or death. It could be done for 2014 though. Would that be valuable?
        tieTYT 13y ago
        Yes. Why are you thinking it might not be valuable?
        cinquemb 13y ago
        I guess I meant valuable enough for me to work on it right now :P But I am so I guess that is moot. Thanks for this idea, it is really awesome, and I hope I can get something up functioning soon. Edit: Ok, it seems like we cannot create .ics file to download. We're using github pages so we're limited to front end things. But I'm looking to see if there are any work arounds.
tocomment 13y ago
That is a great idea! Or the user could select to be reminded via email?

by tieTYT 13y ago

cinquemb 13y ago

That is a good idea. Yesterday in irc, we could only think of trying to get people to confront their local reps in their offices. I'll pass this along. Edit: If anyone knows any place to programmatically get (r)election dates for districts, please tell us here: https://github.com/tfrce/DefundTheNSA/issues/14 https://github.com/tfrce/DefundTheNSA/issues/14

toomuchtodo 13y ago
Also, remind me to donate heavily to their competitor if they voted against.
na85 13y ago
>irc Which channel/network?
- cinquemb 13y ago
  ##rritf/freenode, but I don't know if anyone is there now.
deleted 13y ago
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qwatsi13579 13y ago

I don't think you're allowed to vote for those outside your district/state.

tieTYT 13y ago
I know. If you go to the link, the first thing it asks is for your zip code to give you a list of your representatives. The reminder would contain that list.
- cinquemb 13y ago
  That is where I was thinking of putting the link to download the dynamically generated .ICS file, but I'm stuck on where to get the data for their reelection dates :S (Sunglight labs supposedly has "term_start"and "term_end" fields, but a test call to their api shows nothing and even if those returned, I don't know how well that correlates to when the election is).
  - tieTYT 13y ago
    I hope I'm not embarrassing myself here, but, does this help? https://www.usvotefoundation.org/state-elections/state-election-dates-deadlines https://www.usvotefoundation.org/state-elections/state-elect...
    - cinquemb 13y ago
      That could help. But right now i found out that elections are held in the first week of November for house of representatives every two years, and any elections outside of that are due to edge cases like resignation or death. It could be done for 2014 though. Would that be valuable?
      - tieTYT 13y ago
        Yes. Why are you thinking it might not be valuable?
        cinquemb 13y ago
        I guess I meant valuable enough for me to work on it right now :P But I am so I guess that is moot. Thanks for this idea, it is really awesome, and I hope I can get something up functioning soon. Edit: Ok, it seems like we cannot create .ics file to download. We're using github pages so we're limited to front end things. But I'm looking to see if there are any work arounds.

tocomment 13y ago

That is a great idea! Or the user could select to be reminded via email?