The Issues

Submitted by mmenwyelet on Fri, 04/25/2014 - 11:19
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LEARN WHERE CANDIDATES STAND with the NDItech Issues webapp, which presents candidates’ positions on key issues via recorded YouTube videos and allows citizens to ask them questions directly. Politicians’ video messages hone media presentation and communication skills. Citizens can “vote” with a thumbs up or down or engage in dialogue with comments. The candidates’ statements can also be shared via social media, enabling civic groups to connect voters directly to their political leaders and open new avenues of communication.

You can login to the Issues demo below with username Demo and the password Demo. 

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How to Get the Tool: 
  Thanks to cloud-based hosting of DemTools, we are able to instantaneously spin up a new versions of the Issues. However, this service is currently only available to NDI partner organizations. If you are a partner organization and would like your own copy of the Issues, please contact NDItech at [email protected]. If you are not a partner organization, these tools are open source and relatively easy to download and install. You can get the tool by following the installation instructions below.    Installation Instructions   To install The Issues DemTool, you'll need a Linux server, comfort working with LAMP web stacks, some systems administration experience, and time to play around. This tool utilizes a Drupal based content managmenet system.    Simply download the repository from https://github.com/nditech/the-issues into a web root:   git clone https://github.com/nditech/the-issues.git   Then run the installer at http://yourwebsite.com and select the town_hall profile.
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