Transparency
Data methodology
How Civixly turns public records into connected pages while keeping official activity separate from community opinion.
Official records first
Civixly uses official legislative records and established civic data providers as its factual foundation. Source links are shown on bill, vote, committee, and representative pages when available.
Stable identities
Representative records from multiple systems are matched through stable source identifiers and office information. Civixly avoids linking a record when a match is ambiguous.
Federal vote verification
Federal roll calls and member positions are stored with chamber, Congress, session, roll number, date, result, and source verification information. Federal bill references are linked to the corresponding legislation record.
State legislation scope
State coverage focuses on representatives, legislative sessions, committees, bills, actions, and sponsors. Civixly does not currently maintain state roll-call vote histories, so state pages should be read as legislation and sponsorship records rather than complete voting records.
Topics and status
Civixly maps source subjects and recorded actions into a consistent set of topics and readable status labels. These classifications help with discovery; the source record remains authoritative.
Community signals
Approval ratings, comments, and community posts reflect participating Civixly users. They are presented separately from official votes and government actions.
Corrections
Public records can change and identity matching can occasionally require correction. Use the feedback form to report a specific page or data issue so it can be reviewed against the source.