Something wrong, or missing?

Often, yes. Send the city and, if you know it, a link to where it publishes agendas. If it uses records software we already read, adding it can take an afternoon. If it's on a system we've never read, it takes a lot longer, because every vendor publishes differently and we check each one against real documents before it goes live.

The bar for going live is the agenda: meetings, their items, and a stable link for each. Per-member votes are a bonus where the government records them, not a requirement.

Because that's all we have for it. For a few states we know who holds each seat and nothing else: no bills, no agendas, no votes. Instead of showing an empty calendar that looks like the legislature did nothing, that state's tab says what's there and what isn't.

Most states now carry bills, outcomes and votes by name. The overview page has the current map and table. A state moves up as its archive is loaded and checked, and when it does, the app picks it up without an update.

Because we won't write one. A summary in Civic Notice is the government's own text, or it isn't there. No AI-written text, ever. We'd rather show you a gap than a slant you can't check.

So when a government publishes a plain-language summary, you get it, labelled as theirs: California's Legislative Counsel's Digest, for example, or a city's own description of an agenda item. When it publishes only a title, you get the title and a link to the record.

Because a score is an opinion with a number on it. "Voted with the mayor 82% of the time" depends entirely on which votes you count, and that choice is an argument, not a measurement. "Missed votes" totals have the same problem. They mislead unless you separate out quorum calls and procedural votes.

You get the list of votes and how each was cast. What it means is up to you.

No. Agendas get amended and meetings get cancelled, sometimes hours before. Civic Notice shows what the government had published when we last read it, marks cancelled meetings as cancelled, and links to the source so you can check before you show up or speak.

We re-read each government on its own schedule, usually every few hours. Every item links to the government's own record, which is always the authority. If the two ever disagree, trust the government and tell us.

No, and there isn't one to make. Civic Notice has no sign-in, no profile and no server that knows who you are. What you follow stays on your phone, and so do the places you chose. The one exception is that the name and state of a place we don't cover yet are sent to us once, so we know where to look next. The Privacy page has the details.

Check that notifications are allowed for Civic Notice in iOS Settings, and that you've saved at least one item with an upcoming meeting. Reminders are scheduled by your phone, so the app needs to have been opened recently enough to schedule them. If it still looks wrong, email us with your iOS version.

New construction and recently annexed areas are often missing from the U.S. Census geocoder, which is where the lookup starts. You can always type your city, county and state yourself. The lookup is just a shortcut. Skipping it only costs you the district numbers on the Reps tab.