Features

What Democrify Offers

Voting on Laws and Proposals

  • Voting on acts (laws) and bills (proposed laws)
  • Voting on preferred party, preferred Prime Minister, and "right track" / "wrong track" of government
  • Comparison of voting records - you vs everyone vs government
  • Comparison of how government decisions align with the decisions of the public majority

Easy Access to Political Information

  • Find bills and acts by common categories (e.g. bills with submissions due) or title search
  • One-page summaries of bills and acts - some of which are extremely large documents
  • Details on the progression of bills through the parliamentary process
  • Full text of current and previous versions of bills and acts
  • All public submissions on a bill
  • Video of readings / debate on a bill
  • Transcripts of all readings / debate on a bill

Events and Notification Service

  • Record of legislation activity e.g. bill has been passed, version of bill or act has been published, date for bill's second reading set
  • Daily or weekly notifications of these events

Education About NZ Parliament and Government

  • Simplified explanation of the make-up of the parliament
  • Explanation of how law changes progress through parliament