Software Infrastructure for the Green Party
GreenMaps is a map of Green candidates and organisations. GreenMaps makes it easy to find your local parties and candidates. It is an alternative to NationBuilder. When a candidate declares or a local group forms, they get an instant webpage which they can edit, a zip-code-targeted mailing list (with voter data) and a dedicated Discord channel for organising. GreenMaps plays well with WordPress, Email, Discord and Mastodon. You can also link to other social media accounts.
GreenMaps has:
- Zero fees.
- No lock in. Every state or country can run their own server with all source code included.
- GDPR based privacy. Your data is never sold, and is only duplicated for backups.
- No conflict of interest, we do not do business with the Democrats or Republicans. We do not take corporate donations.
NationBuilder​
- Charges per server ("Nation").
- Charges extra for add-ons, APIs, and more data.
- Uses servers under the control of a US corporation based in the US jurisdiction.
- Is closed source.
- I do not know if US Green Parties are using the Nation Builder Advanced Privacy suite of tools or not. And if not, then i do not know what happens with our data.
Green Maps was created for the Howie Hawkins presidential campaign, GreenMaps has evolved since then:
- Faster performance,
- Voter self-registration (add yourself to zip-code maps),
- Known bugs removed,
- A growing community of Green organisers.
GreenMaps conforms to the Green Party values of
- Grass Roots Democracy, Free to use.
- Equal Opportunity: Every candidate and organisation gets the same services.
- Ecological Wisdom: No AI, minimal data storage.
- Decentralisation: each state or country can run their own server.
- Global Responsibility: Started in the US, increasingly multilingual, will spread globally.
- Sustainability: Less than $10/month to run the servers.
If you have questions, please join our Discord server.
Prefer email? Contact: lozinski@PythonLinks.info.
Please log in to add yourself to the list of green voters in your zip code, or to request editor access.