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http://www.participatorypolitics.org/askthem-is-being-redesigned-for-2018-midterms/

AskThem

questions-and-answers with elected officials, candidates, media, and more public figures

Since 2013
Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USA
Open source: Yes

The open-source, open-data, non-profit AskThem Q&A platform is undergoing a volunteer redesign (!) for public accountability ahead of the 2020 elections. The website is offline as we seek to develop it fully again.

If shutdown, what happened?

Stagnant or on pause

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Project type
Tool or platform
Founded
2013
Language(s)
English
Added
2021-06-22
Last modified
2026-07-12T16:43:50.000Z

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