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PeopleCount

PeopleCount is a civic technology project created by Rand Strauss, focused on US national politics. Its central argument is that a lack of accountability — a structured, ongoing relationship between citizens and their representatives — is the root cause of most democratic dysfunction.

The proposed solution is a web-based communication system designed for many-to-many interaction between citizens and elected officials, as opposed to the one-to-many broadcast model of media or the one-to-few model of petitions and letters.

The project represents years of independent research and development by Rand Strauss into the structural requirements for democratic accountability. It has an entry on Participedia.net.