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A few things worth knowing
What counts as a citation. A link to a roll-call vote, a campaign finance filing, a press release, a news report, or the candidate’s own words. A specific link moves a rating far faster than a description of it does — every rating here is written out so that it can be argued with.
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A rating is a starting point, not a verdict. Each one is a first read that a candidate’s own record can overturn, and the reasoning behind it is published on their entry. If you think the reasoning is wrong rather than the facts, that is worth writing about too.
What this site cannot do. It does not advise campaigns, endorse candidates, or remove an entry on request. Documented positions stay documented. What does change, readily, is anything that turns out to be inaccurate.
How the encryption works
For anyone who would rather check the claim at the top of this page than take it on trust. None of this is required reading, and nothing here is something you need to do.
Where the scrambling happens. Your message, your email address and the topic are encrypted together into a single block by your own browser, using the OpenPGP public key for contact@elect26.com, before anything is sent.
What the form host can see. It records that block, the time, and your IP address. It cannot read what you wrote. Only the holder of the private key for contact@elect26.com can.
How to check the key. Below is the fingerprint of the key this page encrypts to. The page re-derives it from the key at load and refuses to send if the two ever stop matching, so a substituted key cannot go unnoticed. You can compare it against Proton’s published record for that address.
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See also How the Ratings Work — the full method, including what each tier requires and how money and endorsements are weighed — and the source audit, which explains how sources are ranked.