What Sources and Positions does TransparentDemocracy “report” into the TransparentDemocracy System?
TransparentDemocracy only “reports” into the TransparentDemocracy system the “Positions” of “Sources” for ballot measure contests on election ballots and for management and shareholder resolutions on proxy ballots, TransparentDemocracy does not publish the “Positions” of “Sources” in candidate contests on election ballots except for information published by other 501c3 organizations that is associated with a “neutral” position on a candidate. TransparentDemocracy “reports” the Positions of Sources to “seed” the system with content to (1) test the system: (2) provide valuable content for initial users of the system: and (3) demonstrate how the system works to initial users of the system. TransparentDemocracy uses the following criteria in selecting Sources whose positions on Statewide Ballot measures it reports: The “qualified” political parties in the state according to the governmental agency responsible for making that determiniation, e.g. the California Secretary of State Statewide
