We'll be using a new format for sending updates to the RepealMachine webste. The old way has been to fill out a form, and click to submit. This will continue, since it's good for recording the helmet law positions of individual candidates.
But the new website (due for release in late February) will be fueled by a database. So rather than having to hand-type updates, the database will do all the work. So with this in mind, another input method will be useful.
For inputting large amounts of data, an Excel spreadsheet should do just fine. This will allow leading activists in each state to send in larger amounts of data, all at once. Examples include updates to all the new redistricting maps, or the results of legislator surveys after a trip to the Capitol.
It can work in both directions, too. I can create a spreadsheet from the existing database, containing all the legislative info we have to-date. Then I'll send it to the leading activists for updates or to fill in the blanks.
Want to find out more? Just pop me an email at RepealMachine@gmail.com.
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