Civilian

Civilian LLC

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About this app

Civilian is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any government entity, and it does not represent any government agency or official.

Civilian shows you politics from your own seat. Most political news tells you what happened. Civilian tells you what it means for your district, your household, and your ballot.

WHAT YOU GET
• Top Story For You — one story a day, chosen because it touches your life. We read the bill, look up your representatives, and explain in one sentence why it matters to you.
• Personalized briefings — twice a day, a two-minute audio and text catch-up grounded in your district and what's on your ballot.
• Your representatives, every level — senators, House rep, governor, state legislators, mayor, city council. With recent votes, where their money comes from, and how their record lines up with you.
• Your ballot — the exact races and measures in front of you, in plain English, with who is funding each side.
• Bill tracker — legislation from introduced, through committee, House and Senate, to the President's desk, each with a one-line read on how it affects you.
• Live floor coverage — when Congress is in session or the White House is briefing, watch it inline with the bill being debated.

WHO IT'S FOR
People tired of headline cycling who want civic information that respects their time. Not red, not blue — just yours. We don't take political donations and we don't run ads.

CIVILIAN PRO

Civilian Pro is $4.99 per month and renews automatically until canceled. Manage or cancel any time in Account → Subscription, or in the Play Store under Payments & subscriptions.

WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM

Government information in Civilian comes from these official sources, and only these:

FEDERAL
• U.S. Congress — bills, sponsors and votes — https://api.congress.gov
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress — https://bioguide.congress.gov
• Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives — roll-call votes — https://clerk.house.gov
• United States Senate — roll-call votes — https://www.senate.gov
• Federal Election Commission — candidates, committees and contributions — https://www.fec.gov
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — price and household spending data — https://www.bls.gov
• U.S. Energy Information Administration — energy prices — https://www.eia.gov
• U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder — matching an address to its districts — https://geocoding.geo.census.gov

STATE
• California Secretary of State, CAL-ACCESS — state campaign finance — https://www.sos.ca.gov
• Colorado Secretary of State, TRACER — state campaign finance — https://tracer.sos.colorado.gov
• Texas Ethics Commission — state campaign finance — https://www.ethics.state.tx.us
• California Department of Tax and Fee Administration — sales tax rates — https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov

LOCAL
• Meeting agendas published by city and county governments through their official public agenda portals

Information in Civilian that does not come from government sources: news articles from independent outlets via their public RSS feeds, state legislature data from OpenStates (https://openstates.org), ballot measures from Ballotpedia (https://ballotpedia.org), polling averages from VoteHub (https://votehub.com), and biographical details from Wikipedia (https://www.wikipedia.org). Civilian is not affiliated with any of these organizations.

PRIVACY
Civilian never sells your data, never shares it with advertisers, and does not run ads. You can permanently delete your account and everything tied to it at any time from Account → Delete account.

Privacy Policy: https://www.civilianos.com/privacy
Support: https://www.civilianos.com/support
Delete your account: https://www.civilianos.com/delete-account

What’s new

Civilian is now on Android.

Personalized politics on your phone: A breaking story that explains how you are impacted, a dive into your representatives and their actions and donor network, your ballot in plain english, and bill tracking through Congress.

Civilian Pro adds daily briefings, personalized impact statements, and push alerts for the bills that affect you.