Proof-First Politics

Democracy's Accountability Layer

You shouldn't need a law degree to know who's actually acting on what you care about. CivAlign filters the noise and shows the actions — linked directly to the public record.

Built from official public records. Structured to remain non-partisan.

CivAlign Best Match result: Tim Kaine, Democrat Virginia — 82% overall alignment; Environment 90%, Healthcare 85%, Economy 70%

Best Match • Derived from your priorities + public record

Built for 2026 Accountability
Prototype live. Engine actively maturing.
Public Record Only
Votes, sponsorships, committee roles, and bill text.
Funding Accelerates Rollout
Support determines speed to public release.

How you evaluate candidates in 3 steps

A structured pipeline connecting your priorities to verifiable public record evidence.

Step 1

Define what you care about

Select issues and weight what matters most. No ideological labels — the system reflects your values, not platform-defined categories.

Step 2

See who acts on it

We analyze votes, bill sponsorship, committee influence, and legislative outcomes — mapped against your stated priorities.

Step 3

Verify the evidence

Every score links to bill text and public sources. Assumptions are visible. Nothing is hidden in the methodology.

Best Match Ranking Source-linked scoring Evidence evaluated
CivAlign issue selection and priority weighting: two phones showing What matters to you issue list and Healthcare sub-issue sliders
The Accountability Stack is currently in prototype development. Outputs reflect the current state of model logic and will evolve as the system is refined.

A Legibility Gap — Not a Motivation Gap

Most people aren't apathetic. They're overloaded. Congress introduces thousands of bills each session. Most never reach a vote. Power shows up in what gets stalled, amended, or quietly dropped.

CivAlign makes those hidden outcomes legible — so you can evaluate candidates by what they did, not what they said.

Volume Without Structure

The information exists. The synthesis layer does not. Legislative activity exceeds any individual's practical capacity to monitor without dedicated infrastructure.

Invisible Procedural Action

Committee holds, scheduling choices, and motions to table are documented in the public record but rarely surface in standard civic reporting.

Translation Requires Expertise

Converting raw legislative records into personally relevant assessments requires time, knowledge, and analytical capacity most people don't have.

Closing the Gap

Most people have the motivation. They're missing the infrastructure. CivAlign translates the public record into something you can actually use — traceable, personalized, and free of editorial spin.

Personalized Accountability

Scores are built around your priorities — not a generic party scorecard. Two people with different values get different results from the same public record.

Fully Traceable Scoring

Every result links to its source — bill text, vote record, committee action. No black-box conclusions. No editorial judgment embedded in the output.

No Editorial Layer

Rankings reflect your own framework applied to public record data — not platform priorities, not algorithmic recommendations, not someone else's conclusions.

Scalable Civic Clarity

Lowers the cost of becoming a high-information voter. Structural tools — not messaging campaigns — are how civic capacity gets rebuilt at scale.

Every Score Is Traceable to Source

Alignment outputs are not summaries or opinions. Each score links directly to specific legislation, votes, and bill text from the public record.

  • Bill text, session, and status sourced from the public record
  • Every alignment score linked to specific legislative actions
  • Impact ratings derived from your weighted outcomes, not editorial judgment

You can inspect the source behind any conclusion the system produces.

CivAlign traceability: screens showing Analyst Breakdown, Evidence Evaluated, and Verbatim Bill Text

Phased Infrastructure Build

CivAlign is being developed in structured phases, with a target of operational readiness aligned with the 2026 electoral calendar.

Current Phase

Phase 1 — Core Engine Live

Alignment scoring and evidence traceability functional. Prototype operational and under active refinement.

Phase 2 — Public MVP

Expanded issue coverage and broader candidate support. Public-facing release with documented methodology and verifiable outputs.

Phase 3 — Distribution

Platform hardening, performance scaling, and accessibility. Expanded civic partnerships and data coverage depth.

Phase 4 — Election-Scale Stability

Ready for full national usage in the 2026 cycle. Infrastructure hardened for high-volume, time-sensitive public access.

What CivAlign Is — and Is Not

CivAlign IS
  • A structured accountability layer
  • Built from public legislative records
  • Personalized to your stated priorities
  • Transparent about assumptions and limits
  • Neutral by design
CivAlign is NOT
  • A prediction engine
  • A persuasion tool
  • A partisan rating system
  • An editorial opinion platform
  • A replacement for civic judgment

Become a Founding Supporter

Contributions support early-stage infrastructure and development. Funding determines speed to public release. CivAlign currently operates as a California sole proprietorship. Contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.

Phase 1 Infrastructure Scope

Tooling & Hosting
Data Ingestion Setup
Model Refinement
Security Configuration
Phase 1 Target $1,000
$5
Civic Starter

Every contribution directly supports foundational infrastructure.

Contribute $5
$10
Founding Supporter

Direct contribution to foundational infrastructure development.

Contribute $10
$50
Accountability Builder

Funds model refinement and expanded public record data coverage.

Contribute $50
$100
Civic Systems Contributor

Accelerates security configuration and platform architecture work.

Contribute $100

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Common Questions

Core Technical Infrastructure Lead

Seeking an experienced full-stack infrastructure builder with strong familiarity in LLM systems, data ingestion pipelines, scalable architecture, and AI-assisted development workflows. This is an early-phase contributor role. Compensation structure to be defined as capital is secured.

Full-stack development — frontend to infrastructure
LLM systems & AI-assisted development workflows
Scalable architecture & data ingestion pipelines
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Congressional Procedure & Institutional Power Validator

Institutional mechanics — not ideology. This role exists to ensure CivAlign's scoring reflects how power actually operates inside Congress — not how it appears to operate from the outside.

Procedural Power Modeling
  • Agenda control & committee leverage
  • Rules, holds, markup, reconciliation
  • Where legislation actually dies
Silent Veto & Institutional Inaction
  • Blocking vs stalling vs natural death
  • Identifying legitimate procedural signals
  • Avoiding misleading vote proxies
Power Weight Calibration
  • Symbolic vs consequential action
  • Staff power & behind-the-scenes leverage
  • Pressure-testing institutional assumptions

What You Bring

  • Experience inside or closely adjacent to Congress
  • Legislative Director, Committee Counsel, CRS, Legislative Analyst, or similar
  • Deep understanding of committee politics & agenda control
  • Ability to translate institutional reality into encodeable rules
  • Mechanics-first mindset — not campaign strategy

CivAlign's differentiation depends on modeling procedural power accurately. Before scaling toward 2026, institutional realism is non-negotiable. We are building transparency infrastructure — that requires someone who has seen how power actually operates.

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