Full documentation of how Landocracy collects, geocodes, validates, and aggregates voice data.
Used to resolve city, state, and congressional district via zippopotam.us and the Google Civic Information API. No full address is stored. ZIP is the only location input required.
Two chip groups capturing how registrants use the land and why it matters to them. Multi-select encouraged. Stored as an array of values — the substance behind the number.
Free-text field capped at 280 characters. Optional. Captures what worries the registrant most about land in their area.
Free-text field capped at 100 characters. Optional. Builds a qualitative record of named places people care about — lakes, ridges, forests, ranches.
First name and email address for confirmation only. Email is used to verify uniqueness and send confirmation. Never shared, never sold.
When a registrant enters their ZIP code, we resolve it to city and state via the zippopotam.us API, then to congressional district via the Google Civic Information API. The result is stored in the voices table with city, state, and congressional_district fields.
If the Civic Information API fails or returns ambiguous results, the ZIP code is stored without district resolution. These records are included in state-level counts but excluded from district-level reporting until resolved.
District assignments are refreshed if redistricting occurs. We use publicly available TIGER/Line shapefiles from the U.S. Census Bureau as our reference. Geocoding accuracy is bounded by ZIP code resolution — we do not claim precinct-level or census-tract-level precision.
Only aggregated totals are ever shared externally — voice counts by district, motivation breakdowns by geography, top values by state. Individual records are never accessible to legislators, organizations, funders, or the press.
A minimum threshold of 5 confirmed voices is required before a district's data is reported publicly. This prevents identification of individuals in low-density areas. Cohort thresholds and aggregation methodology are subject to annual review and will be documented in transparency reports.
A voice is not counted in the census until the registrant clicks a confirmation link sent to their email. This prevents spam and ensures each entry corresponds to a real address.
Duplicate email addresses are rejected at submission. Each email can register exactly one voice. Updates are handled through the My Voice page.
Founding numbers are assigned sequentially upon email confirmation. Once assigned, a number is never reassigned — even if the original registrant removes their voice.