Every serious idea needs a path to evidence, decision, and adoption.
Innovation.vote should not be a comment box. The Civic Pipeline turns submissions into reviewable cards with sources, owners, public decisions, and implementation status.
Seeded intake model
- Seven-stage workflow
- Track definitions
- 10 public cards
- 5 decision log entries
Public submissions stay closed until moderation, duplicate handling, and safety rules exist.
Submission without chaos
Capture enough structure to route an idea without forcing a policy memo.
Evidence packets
Make sources, cost bearers, objections, and current law visible before review.
Chapter sponsorship
Let local teams attach evidence, pilot capacity, and accountability.
Decision logs
Accepted, rejected, revised, and shipped work all get public reasons.
Workflow
Seven stages from idea to adoption
Every stage has a purpose and an output. That keeps participation useful and prevents permanent idea limbo.
Submit
Capture the problem, affected people, geography, and any source the submitter already has.
Intake record
Classify
Route by domain, core value, implementation type, jurisdiction, and duplicate status.
Classified card
Evidence packet
Attach sources, current law, cost bearers, benefits, risks, and the strongest objection.
Reviewable claim
Triage
Assign the card to an issue, product, pilot, candidate, model bill, bounty, or rejection path.
Track assignment
Review
Use structured notes from moderators, chapters, experts, staff, and legal reviewers.
Review record
Decide
Publish the decision, the reason, the approving body, dissent or caveat, and the next step.
Decision log
Track
Show whether adopted work moved into an issue, feature, chapter pilot, candidate pledge, or bill.
Adoption status
Tracks
Every idea gets a destination
The pipeline separates platform work from product work, local pilots, candidate commitments, bounties, and rejected ideas.
Link to an existing issue or product spec.
Needs sources, law, feasibility, or cost detail.
May become a new platform issue.
Belongs in innovation.vote itself.
Can be tested locally before national adoption.
Belongs in a pledge or campaign commitment.
Needs a measurable target and evaluator.
Closed with a visible reason and reopen path.
Example cards
A card shows status, sponsor, confidence, and next step
Seeded cards now come from the intake model that staff triage uses.
Lead-service-line record finder
PIPE-109 / Medium confidence
Sponsor
Atlanta Chapter
Next step
Confirm allowed data sources and privacy limits before opening submissions.
FOIA backlog aging bounty
PIPE-108 / Medium confidence
Sponsor
Public Problem Markets
Next step
Publish aging baseline, eligible data, evaluator, and anti-gaming rules.
Ballot-access dashboard
PIPE-102 / High confidence
Sponsor
Party Operating System
Next step
Attach source freshness, counsel-review state, owner, and next task before real thresholds go public.
Life Admin Autopilot
PIPE-101 / Medium confidence
Sponsor
Digital Rights working group
Next step
Narrow the first shipped use case to benefits appeals and medical-bill disputes.
Privacy-preserving clinical trial matching
PIPE-112 / Low confidence
Sponsor
Health access working group
Next step
Define allowed data, consent proof, evaluator, and exclusion-risk checks.
Low-risk permit cycle-time challenge
PIPE-111 / Medium confidence
Sponsor
Denver Metro Chapter
Next step
Run a pre-registered local trial against a narrow permit class.
Validated benefits form translation
PIPE-110 / Medium confidence
Sponsor
Legal-aid working group
Next step
Select one high-volume form and define bilingual validation criteria.
Local permit time ledger
PIPE-106 / Medium confidence
Sponsor
Denver Metro Chapter
Next step
Publish a one-page measurement plan and ask the city for current cycle-time data.
Worker-time pilot template
PIPE-103 / Medium confidence
Sponsor
Austin Metro Chapter
Next step
Add small-employer transition costs, anti-gaming rules, and examples of banked-time programs.
FDA abolition
PIPE-104 / High confidence
Sponsor
Open submission
Next step
Archive and route better proposals to FDA capacity reform and trial modernization.
Evidence packet
Review needs a standard packet
Good ideas still need sources, current law, costs, and a real objection before they become party commitments.
Decision log
The public should see what happened and why
A rejected idea should not disappear. An accepted idea should not become a vague promise.
| Card | Decision | Body | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
Low-risk permit cycle-time challenge Jul 7, 2026, 8:30 AM | Converted to bounty-backed trial | Chapter operations | Pre-register the low-risk permit measurement plan. |
FOIA backlog aging bounty Jul 7, 2026, 8:00 AM | Accepted as public problem bounty | Product lead | Open a bounty template with baseline, evaluator, and anti-gaming controls. |
Ballot-access dashboard Jul 6, 2026, 4:10 PM | Accepted as product candidate | Product lead | Build source freshness and legal-review states. |
Life Admin Autopilot Jul 6, 2026, 1:25 PM | Revision requested | Policy review | Split benefits appeals from broad assistant claims. |
Local permit time ledger Jul 6, 2026, 10:10 AM | Accepted as chapter pilot | Chapter operations | Publish measurement plan and collect baseline cycle-time data. |
Build order
Ship the visible workflow, then open controlled submissions.
The next step is a controlled member submission form. Public submissions wait until duplicate handling, safety flags, and rejected-with-reasons states are enforced end to end.
Next implementation slice
Open a member intake form with duplicate checks, source prompts, safety flags, and staff moderation before anything appears publicly.
See the party operating model