Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about membership and how the proposals process works, from submission to a winning vote.
Membership
Currently, any person residing in California can join as a member. Any organization (including nonprofits and private companies) operating in California can join our membership.
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Individuals must provide an email by which they can be contacted. Individuals must identify the County of their residence. Organizations must provide a phone number or email by which they can be contacted. Organizations must identify the County where they operate. Organizations must identify their industry.
Proposals
Any active member can submit a proposal.
Individuals can submit 5 proposals per year. Organizations can submit 10 proposals per year.
Length: Video proposals must be 2 minutes or less. Written proposals must be 50 words or less. Subject Matter: The proposal must concern an action that can be taken within the State of California.
No. If the proposal meets the form and subject matter requirements, it will be accepted into the system for processing.
If a proposal meets the form and subject matter requirements, it will be accepted into the system for processing. A notice of acceptance will be sent to the submitter. The proposal will be made publicly available on the "Proposals" section of the website. The identity of the submitter will not be disclosed.
Each proposal will be consolidated with similar or identical proposals. Each proposal will be related with a contrary proposal (for example, "x" versus "y"). Each proposal will then be sent out in a list with other proposals to the membership of myPolitics USA for voting.
The membership of myPolitics USA will vote on which proposals they want to see tried. For example, you may be sent three lists of ten proposals and asked to pick your top two choices from each list.
Only individual members can vote. Organizational memberships cannot vote.
That will be depend on practical limitations including the budget available to myPolitics USA and the time available to the membership for viewing. The goal is to try as many proposals as possible.
The initial proposal will evolve into one or more draft laws. The membership of myPolitics USA will be voting on the draft laws.
myPolitics USA uses this information to ensure that your proposals are applicable to your county of residence.
There will be upvoting on our platform for any proposal you agree with. You simply click the up arrow next to the title. For final voting, you will vote after seeing the movie version of the trial. You may vote via our site after logging into your account.
60% or more of the vote will be needed for a draft law to win.
Draft laws can be turned into real legislation by one of two methods: (i) sponsorship and voting by elected representatives; or (ii) direct voting by the public through the ballot proposition system. MyPolitics USA does not guarantee that a winning idea in MyPolitics USA will be made law.
Yes. We reserve the right to audit any member of myPolitics USA to verify that the member is a real person residing in the State of California. The audit may involve a request for ID verification or even an in person meeting. If a member fails the audit, or refuses to participate in the audit, we reserve the right to remove the person as a member.