Read one office
Pick the highest-power issue in the state and learn who actually files, settles, or sentences it. That becomes a local brief.
Local work
Chapters
A chapter is a few people who will read the scorecard for one place, write down what the statewide card cannot see, and refuse to freelance endorsements. Pins on the map are placeholders.
Keep the method
Chapters do not invent a second endorsement. If the card says toss-up, the chapter says toss-up, unless a sourced brief gives the editors a reason to revise it.
Fund the other half
Where the vote is weak, the chapter's job is plaintiff-group membership and a written reason for any spending list. Not a boycott crusade.
How to start one
- 1Find five people who will actually meet. A mailing list is not a chapter.
- 2Pick a locality and one office from the scorecard. Do not start with every race in the state.
- 3Adopt the methodology. Harm, reach, office impact, then winnability. Write disagreements down.
- 4File a local brief once a quarter: what is charged, what is only on the books, who holds the pen.
- 5Send the request below. An administrator assigns a moderator for that state, county, or city.
Where chapters exist
Click a state. Green pins are marked active. Brass pins are forming. None of these are a claim that a real organization meets there.
Active placeholder Forming
16 placeholder chapters. Pins are sample coordinates, not claimed offices.
Phoenix chapter
ActivePhoenix, Maricopa County
Placeholder. Reads the legislative scorecard and keeps a list of plaintiff-group memberships.
Tucson chapter
FormingTucson, Pima County
Placeholder. Early meetings. No local brief filed yet.
Oakland chapter
FormingOakland, Alameda County
Placeholder. Focused on licensing and the limits of a statewide long-shot race.
Denver chapter
ActiveDenver, Denver County
Placeholder. Uses the generated Colorado card until a moderator files a richer one.
Miami chapter
ActiveMiami, Miami-Dade County
Placeholder. Documents how forfeiture is used locally. Sample pin.
Atlanta chapter
FormingAtlanta, Fulton County
Placeholder. Not yet assigning a local editor.
Boise chapter
ActiveBoise, Ada County
Placeholder. Meeting monthly. Sample location.
Minneapolis chapter
FormingMinneapolis, Hennepin County
Placeholder. Forming. No endorsement authority.
Helena chapter
FormingHelena, Lewis and Clark County
Placeholder. Asked to start around the legislative session.
Concord chapter
ActiveConcord, Merrimack County
Placeholder. A working group reading the New Hampshire scorecard and drafting one local brief a quarter.
Manchester chapter
FormingManchester, Hillsborough County
Placeholder. Five people have asked to start. Not yet holding a regular meeting.
Pittsburgh chapter
ActivePittsburgh, Allegheny County
Placeholder. Reading the state card and writing a county brief. Sample pin.
Charleston chapter
ActiveCharleston, Charleston County
Placeholder. A coastal chapter using the generated South Carolina card.
Austin chapter
ActiveAustin, Travis County
Placeholder. Tracks municipal and county practice on nonviolent cases. Does not endorse outside the scorecard.
Dallas chapter
FormingDallas, Dallas County
Placeholder. Organizing around the county scorecard. Location is a sample pin, not a claim of an office.
Cheyenne chapter
ActiveCheyenne, Laramie County
Placeholder. A small chapter in a small state, which is the point of publishing winnability separately from population.
Request a chapter
This stores a note in the local database. It does not send email.