Recall petitions and public hearings are dramatic. Most engagement with your lawmakers isn’t, and shouldn’t be, here are the everyday channels that actually exist. Constituency offices. Many Senators, Representatives, and State Assembly members maintain a local office or a regular presence in their constituency specifically to hear from residents. It’s worth asking around locally whether […]
Category Archives: The legislature
We’ve mentioned “checks and balances” a few times in this series. Here’s the clean, side-by-side version of exactly how the legislature and the Executive check each other. The legislature’s checks on the Executive: The Executive’s checks on the legislature: Neither side is designed to dominate the other completely, that’s the entire point of separating them […]
The leaderboard is GLOW’s most visible feature, and the one most likely to be misread if you don’t know how to interpret it. Here’s how to read it responsibly. Remember what a score is actually built from: half completion rate (what percentage of a sponsor’s tracked projects are verified as completed), half average citizen rating. […]
You’ve submitted a report. It doesn’t show up on the project page yet, here’s exactly why, and what happens next. Why isn’t it live immediately? Every report is reviewed by a moderator before publishing. This isn’t distrust of you specifically, it’s the mechanism that keeps GLOW’s data trustworthy for everyone, the same reason a newsroom […]
Every report includes a 1-to-10 rating. It’s a small number with real weight, it feeds directly into a public leader’s score. Here’s how to give one fairly. Rate the work, not the politician. Your rating should reflect what you actually observed about the project itself, is it built, is it functional, does it match what […]
A report is only as convincing as its evidence. Here’s how to make yours count. For photos: For audio: One thing that helps regardless of format: be specific in your written description too. “It’s not good” tells a moderator nothing. “The roof is missing entirely and the walls show visible cracking on the east side” […]
Not every project has made it onto GLOW yet, especially as the app expands into new states. Here’s how to add one yourself. Before you start, gather what you can: Step 1: Go to the Add a Project page and log in if you haven’t already. Step 2: Fill in what you know. Only a […]
New to GLOW Tracker? Here’s a quick tour of what you’re looking at, section by section. The hero banner. The first thing you see on the homepage, a short headline and subtext explaining what GLOW does, plus quick stats. The stats bar. Three numbers at a glance: how many projects are being tracked, how many […]
Citizen verification is powerful precisely because it’s decentralised, but that only works if everyone doing it follows a few basic principles. Here they are. Do stay safe. Never trespass onto a restricted or private site to get a photo. Never confront workers, contractors, or officials aggressively, even if you’re frustrated by what you see. A […]
Quick test: if a pothole is swallowing cars on your street, do you complain to your Senator or your State Assembly member? If you don’t know the answer, you’re not alone, and you’re exactly who this post is for. Nigeria doesn’t have one legislature. It has 37, one National Assembly covering the whole country, and […]