About Democracy Direct
Our mission: making civic engagement effortless, private, and accessible to everyone.
The Problem
Contacting elected representatives is unnecessarily difficult. Finding who represents you requires navigating multiple government websites. Representatives don't publish email addresses. Most people don't know how to write an effective letter. Existing tools require accounts and track usage.
Privacy First
We believe civic participation should not require surveillance. We don't store your email address—when you log in, we hash it using SHA-256 and store only the hash. We don't log your ZIP code lookups. We never see your letters.
Data Sources
All representative data comes from public sources:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators — Legislator information
- Census Bureau — ZIP-to-district mapping
- Congress.gov — Voting records (coming soon)
See our roadmap for planned features.