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How It Works

The process breaks down into three parts: how it works for you, what happens behind the scenes, and how the amendment process moves forward. One involves coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. But for now, here's a full cup of tea on mechanics.

Your Process

Step One
Come to the website.

Oh! Hey, there! Welcome!

Step Two
Read.

Or tell your phone to read it out loud. Learn what's being proposed and decide what you want for your country. If your unsure, take a moment to learn. 

Step Three
Get verified.

The verification fee is $0.82 ($0.50 Stripe fee + $0.32 processing). If that's a hardship or you can't pay online, choose sponsor credit when available. If none are available, you can join the waiting list or check back later.

Want to pay it forward? You can sponsor others by selecting how many verifications you'd like to cover. You'll see how many credits are available so you know none are being used for anything else.
Step Four
Vote.

Once verified, you can vote once on each proposal and provision. Choose based on what you want — not what you've been told. You can't change your vote once it's cast. Security is the most important thing here, and that's the tradeoff.

Step Five
Speak up.

If there's something you want in a proposal but don't see, drop it in the comments. Not everyone will agree. Not everyone will want the same thing. But if you believe it's needed, this is your soapbox — use it. Just back it with facts.

Step Six
Sit Back and Wait.

After voting closes, results are published and Citizens Before Politics takes care of the rest. (See Part 3.)

What Happens Behind the Scenes

 

Your Account

Once you're verified, a few things happen at the same time — none of which involve storing your personal information.

Your account gets created. Stripe drops your age into a general age range bucket. That's it. No name, no birthday. So unfortunately there will be no birthday wishes coming to your inbox – because we don't have your email either.

Your Districts

Your address gets mapped by into three districts: your congressional district, state senate district, and state house district, then gets tossed into the trash, shredded, and then burned for good measure. That way, when representatives are asked to respond, you'll know exactly who to look at. Their answer, or their silence, which is a response in itself, will be on the record.

Your Fingerprint

Finally, Stripe creates a digital fingerprint tied to your identity so no one can create more than one profile. No one can read it except Stripe. Not us. Not anyone.

What gets stored on our end? An anonymous vote from your district. That's all. And that's all that's needed for your representatives to see exactly where their constituents stand.

The Amendment Process

How proposals move from draft to action.

1
 
Citizens Vote

Citizens vote, choosing one of three positions: yes, yes with revisions, or no. If they choose, they can also vote on individual provisions and participate in discussion.

Voting closes July 31, 2026.

2
 
The Majority Decides
What happens next depends on the result.
Yes
The proposal moves forward to the representative accountability phase. It is finalized and formatted for states and Congress.
Yes with Revisions
A revised proposal is drafted based on input and provisions. Voting reopens for 20 days on the revised version. Closes on August 28, 2026, then moves forward.
No
The proposal is archived with 11,000+ of its friends. It can be reposted with changes at a future date.
3
 
Representative Accountability

Once a proposal clears voting, the vote interface is replaced with a map of the United States. Citizens can click into any state to see their congressional representatives and state legislators, each marked with their response.

Starting August 1, 2026, Citizens Before Politics will contact every state and federal representative and candidates (approximately 8,000) with a direct question and a stated deadline of October 15, 2026. If no response is received by the deadline, it will be recorded as no response.

Question Asked

Congressional representatives and senators: "Will you vote to propose the amendments requested by the people within the first 30 days of the 120th Congress by February 2, 2027?"

State legislators: "Will you vote to ratify the amendments requested by the people by October 1, 2027?"

Candidates running for those districts or seats in Congress will also be added, where they can submit their positions.

5
Article V Applications

Final proposals will be formatted to meet each state's requirements and made available for download as formal Article V applications.

The Constitution is not a sacred text. It is a contract. When the terms no longer serve the people, the terms get amended.