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WanderCivic

Constituent power infrastructure — Brigade failed, ProPublica API retired, 276,500 trans voters lack matching ID, local races decided by 500 votes.

Community & Advocacy
ReplacesBrigade (failed, 5M users → shutdown) / Resistbot (activation only) / Ballotpedia (data, no organizing)
Open-source baseOpenStates, LegiScan, FEC

About

Brigade (the 2015-era civic app, 5M+ users at peak) failed because it optimized for activation over accountability — users felt heard but saw no outcomes, and engagement collapsed. Countable shut down for the same reason. The ProPublica Congress API was effectively retired in 2024 — apps still citing it have dead data. 276,500 voting-eligible trans adults lack ID matching their name or gender — in strict voter ID states this is disenfranchisement. Virginia school board elections are decided by 1-in-3 with under 500 votes. These are the seats where your 10 neighbors are the margin. WanderCivic is constituency-infrastructure for people who've watched every civic tech app fail at the same point: they tell you to make the call, but they don't tell you what happened after. Rep lookup is just the start — OpenStates + LegiScan provide real-time legislative data, FEC tracks who paid for what vote within 90 days, and the accountability layer documents broken promises in a searchable archive that doesn't reset every election cycle.

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Features

  • Rep lookup by address: city council → school board → state leg → Congress
  • Voting record in plain language — not legislative code — OpenStates + GovTrack + LegiScan (ProPublica API retired, we use what works)
  • Donor map: who paid, what votes followed within 90 days — FEC data searchable
  • Trans voter readiness: 276,500 voters lack matching ID — state-specific prep and contingency pathways
  • Town hall finder + alerts: when they schedule (or cancel) public events
  • Call script generator: what to say in 2 minutes that actually lands
  • Constituent call surge: coordinate neighbors for maximum pressure at specific windows
  • Coalition builder: find the 200 neighbors who care about the same zoning vote
  • Broken promise archive: documented, sourced, never memory-holed between election cycles
  • Legislator grade cards: transparent methodology, comparable statewide, equally applied to all parties
  • Civic education: zoning boards decide gentrification — which elections are decided by under 500 votes
  • SMS-first and offline fallback: built for people without stable broadband or English literacy
Hand-assembled

Built by supported employment workers — people with intellectual disabilities, autism, and physical disabilities — through WWP's fulfillment program. Every product ships with a Built By card. Competitive wage, never 14(c) subminimum.

Repair & refurb

Send it back. Prepaid label. Component-level repair, module upgrades, firmware updates. 7-year spare parts guarantee. Donate on return — refurbished hardware goes to shelter and community partners. GPL firmware: the device works even if WanderVerse shuts down.

No hardware subscription — ever

BMW charged $18/mo for heated seats already in your car. GM locked remote start. Eero charges for VPN on hardware that could run it free. We don't do that. You bought it, you own it — every feature works forever, no subscription required. WanderAssist ($9/mo optional) is a convenience layer, never a gate. Safety features are never paywalled.

Pro & Lux tiers — coming

Every WanderVerse hardware product will offer Pro and Lux finish tiers — premium materials and handcrafted finishes by WanderVerse Artisans: supported employment workers with artistic skills. Each Lux unit ships with a Finished By card. Lux revenue cross-subsidizes nonprofit pricing.

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