How to read this list
- Live means the page is up and was checked by fetching it, not by trusting an upload.
- Done means the box is ticked in the project's own checklist, where the work is tracked.
- Building, Next and Later are my own call about order, as of 2026-09-25. They are not promises of a date.
- This list is about the building. It never rates, ranks or scores a person. For how the record itself works, read How we work.
137 pages on this site are live today, counted from our own upload list.
Stage 1 · Home first: 68105 to Lincoln
Start where I live. Nebraska's own record, read from Nebraska's own documents.
1 of 8 done
- LiveAsk all six OPPD Board candidates the same four questions, and print every answerOne candidate has answered so far. The other five were asked the same day.
- BuildingCheck each OPPD answer that can be checked, and print the check separately from the answerThe first check is a campaign pledge. His filings are next.
- BuildingAsk the candidates in the remaining 2026 races, a whole race on one daySome candidates filed only a phone number, so they get a text. Every text is saved as a receipt, the same way an email is.
- NextNebraska voter registration closes October 16: re-check every deadline page before then
- Next
- NextRead OPPD's own governance documents (board size, rates, pay) instead of search summariesThe list of documents is already on the lesson, marked not read yet.
- LaterEvery Nebraska senator's recorded votes, not just two cloture votesThe method is written down. Step one is proving one bill against totals we already know.
- NextLook at every new page in a real browser, on a phone, not just check that it uploaded
Stage 2 · Outward: every state
The same homework, for the other 49 states and DC. Slower, because every number has to be read, not guessed.
0 of 4 done
- LaterHomework pages for the other 41 states10 of 51 are built.
- LaterOne question page: ask a civic question, get sourced pages back
- LaterWalk a reader from "am I registered?" to "did my ballot count?" as one path
- NextMake the site survive November 3: every date is keyed to 2026 today
Stage 3 · Clarity City: the plain-words door
For anyone who reads a page here and thinks "I don't understand this." That's where the explaining happens.
0 of 2 done
- NextThe Clarity City front door: a short video, four plain beats, three doorsDoor one is "I just wanted to know." It comes first and asks for nothing.
- LaterThe "no, that did not make sense" path: the same lesson in plainer words
Stage 4 · The Sunflower's View
A small widget fed by this site's data, built for a reader who wants the useful part without the pile of bad news around it. It shows her deadlines, her officials' public record, and something good.
1 of 2 done
- LaterA widget any family can put on its own page: deadlines, their officials' record, something goodNothing about the reader leaves their browser. No account.
- Live
Stage 5 · Last, on purpose: the shop
gottahaveitshops.online is a separate business. It comes last, and the promise that the record stays free came first.
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- LiveThe promise first: the record is free, with no account, no ads and no trackingDated September 24, 2026, before anything was for sale.
- WaitingHelp setting this up in another state, sold on gottahaveitshops.onlineWaits for Stages 3 and 4. The method stays free to copy.
Why it's called homework
I didn't know my rights until I went looking. Most of this site is me doing that homework in public: reading the filing, the transcript, the minutes, and writing down what they say, with the link. Some of it isn't finished. That's on purpose. Beta means incomplete. It never means fake.
Would you believe me if I told you? You don't have to. Every page here shows its work.