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I’ve set up the system to rate candidate attributes during the Democratic Primary for NY’s 16th Congressional District, which is underway. The 2 candidates are Jamaal Bowman (the incumbent) and George Latimer. Much of the early back and forth between the candidates has been about what’s happening between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza strip. […]

Since we are between elections, mycandidatescorecard.org, has been reconfigured to allow members of the public to rate the performance of elected officials in the City of Mount Vernon, NY. The attributes selected for rating the job performance of elected officials are similar to the ones used to rate candidates. There are, however, a couple of

Ok, here is the list of attributes that I will input for rating candidates seeking a seat on the Mount Vernon City Council. Four candidates are running for two seats. I should have this race loaded on the website and ready for rating by May 12 or May 13, 2023. Election day is Tuesday, June

Here is the final list of attributes to be rated for candidates competing in the Democratic Mayoral Primary in Mount Vernon, NY. There are 10 attributes, each worth 10 points for a total of 100 points maximum. The race is now “live” on the website as of Sunday May 7, 2023. I’ll set up the

On 11-25-22 I changed my NYS voter registration “party affiliation” back to “unaffiliated” Until I moved to the City of Mount Vernon, NY in 2012, I spent my entire voting life (26yrs at that point) without a political party affiliation. But because NYS has a “closed” primary system, and the City of Mount Vernon is

Test 1 of the mycandidatescorecard.org experiment is finished. Thanks to those who tested the system and provided feedback. Super helpful. Test 2 will begin in the late winter/early spring of 2023. Test 2 will focus on elections in the City of Mount Vernon, NY- 1 mayor and 2 out of 5 City Council seats. We

This is the latest iteration of my evolving set of attribute definitions. Too many to deploy at once in any given race, for sure. I’m thinking somewhere in the range of 3 to 6 might work. It’s tough though. I’m thinking about the mayoral election coming up in Mount Vernon next year, and I can

Right now the site is configured so that residents of the City of Mount Vernon, NY can give elected city officials performance feedback. This is a video walkthrough for new users.

Here is the current list of individual attributes. I’ve expanded it and changed the language used to define attributes a bit. I’ve been thinking about attributes in terms of individual “willingness” to do something (i.e., a person can exercise discretion to do it or not) versus “ability” to do something (i.e., a person lacks the