Democracy was designed for a world of carrier pigeons. Micro-voting, biometric identity and decoupled governance could finally upgrade the signal-to-noise ratio.

The startup Civly is betting that AI can streamline the often-arduous, weekslong process of compiling opposition research ...

Called Civiq, the platform assembles in one color-coded place voter registration info, past election results, campaign finance totals, census details and other public data sets related to elections.

OC native Cole Patterson introduces Civiq, a tool to help candidates and their staffs understand important and interesting ...