Re: Any Drupal modules for online voter guides?

Jamie Holly <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Jun 2014 13:18:29 -0400
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I agree with George. As far as more advanced integration, that really 
depends on what you are wanting to do. Drupal is used heavily in 
government sites (including congressional). You might want to take a 
look at openpublic for some ideas:

http://openpublicapp.com/

For data, there is also the Sunlight Foundation module, which pulls in 
data from the numerous API's Sunlight Foundation offers:

https://www.drupal.org/project/sunlight

Jamie Holly
http://hollyit.net

On 6/22/2014 1:10 PM, George Dawson wrote:
> What is the difference between a voter guide and a blog with the 
> comments turned off? Seems to me that your solution is already built 
> into Drupal. If you want an online poll, that is available as a module 
> for Drupal. If you want a practice ballot, that could be done through 
> themes and a simple form. This is really very simple, and could even 
> be done without Drupal. Seems to me that the real challenge in this 
> project is simply getting the content right. I suspect you would want 
> position papers for the available candidates. Some character and work 
> history might be in order.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Steven Clift <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     We are working of this idea - http://bit.ly/openvoter - at
>     http://hackformn.org this weekend.
>
>     We will be working on this for the next 24 hours. As we have
>     Drupal developers/users on our team and I know lots of media sites
>     use Drupal and likely create voter guides, I am looking for any
>     tips about available code to leverage.
>
>     Any suggestions?
>
>     Steven Clift
>     E-Democracy.org
>
>


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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I agree with George. As far as more
      advanced integration, that really depends on what you are wanting
      to do. Drupal is used heavily in government sites (including
      congressional). You might want to take a look at openpublic for
      some ideas:<br>
      <br>
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://openpublicapp.com/">http://openpublicapp.com/</a><br>
      <br>
      For data, there is also the Sunlight Foundation module, which
      pulls in data from the numerous API's Sunlight Foundation offers:<br>
      <br>
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.drupal.org/project/sunlight">https://www.drupal.org/project/sunlight</a><br>
      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jamie Holly
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hollyit.net">http://hollyit.net</a></pre>
      On 6/22/2014 1:10 PM, George Dawson wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">What is the difference between a voter guide and a
        blog with the comments turned off? Seems to me that your
        solution is already built into Drupal. If you want an online
        poll, that is available as a module for Drupal. If you want a
        practice ballot, that could be done through themes and a simple
        form. This is really very simple, and could even be done without
        Drupal. Seems to me that the real challenge in this project is
        simply getting the content right. I suspect you would want
        position papers for the available candidates. Some character and
        work history might be in order. <br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Steven
          Clift <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span>
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            <p dir="ltr">We are working of this idea - <a
                moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bit.ly/openvoter"
                target="_blank">http://bit.ly/openvoter</a> - at <a
                moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://hackformn.org"
                target="_blank">http://hackformn.org</a> this weekend. </p>
            <p dir="ltr">We will be working on this for the next 24
              hours. As we have Drupal developers/users on our team and
              I know lots of media sites use Drupal and likely create
              voter guides, I am looking for any tips about available
              code to leverage.</p>
            <p dir="ltr">Any suggestions?</p>
            <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
                <p dir="ltr">Steven Clift<br>
                  E-Democracy.org</p>
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