Website Upgrade

Okay, right before the November elections seems like the worst possible time to work on changes to the website. But because this website is all about elections, it just happens to be a good time regardless.

First, the name change. With "RIDE2REPEAL.COM" we need no further explanation. It says it all. If you can ride around with a few campaign signs strapped to the back of your bike, and poke them into the ground where the campaign manager wants them, you just took a "ride to repeal" the helmet law.

Well, I think it's pretty darned clever. Sure saves on words, anyway. Either you get it or you don't. And if you don't, it doesn't matter. But if you do, we need you just as much as you need us.

With the website name change comes an email address change. Now it's RIDE2REPEAL@gmail.com. It's easy to understand and easy to remember. Again, no explanation is necessary.

All the old addresses still work ... you just get forwarded automatically. Eventually the old stuff will expire, but that will be several years from now.

The actual website changes are important, too. Now the website has been cleaned up. No more "ticker tape" running along the bottom to display all the current elections. Instead we added a new tab at the top of the page.

If you don't see a white tab up at the top of this page, right in the middle, that says "ELECTIONS..." just click on this link > RIDE2REPEAL.COM < so the page will reload correctly.

(In case you still don't see it, hold down CTRL and hit F5. That will force a hard refresh of the website.)

So what's with the new ELECTIONS tab anyway?

Click on it, and you'll get a state-by-state listing of all legislative elections. There's a red-yellow-green color code to show which candidates are biker-friendly. There's also a text box under each listing for entering your zip code ... and clicking on "Go" will give you driving directions to the district for that race.

If a race is over and done with, you'll see a color-coded block that shows who the winner is. Take note of the margin of victory and the turnout percentage. In many cases it shows ... very clearly ... that just a couple of volunteers could have changed the outcome.

Which is the whole point of  RIDE2REPEAL.COM .

- RIDE2REPEAL@gmail.com