National HQ Precinct Captain Project Pt 2

[a2planet2]

Flushed data yesterday morning; prior beta-testers please re-register.

http://voters.ronpaul2008.com

Lots of bugs fixed, please provide feedback; hoping to have this live tomorrow.

[ASayre]

per other thread:

Quote:
Originally Posted by a2planet2 http://www.ronpaulforums.com/gfx_RedWhiteBlue/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?p=756561#post756561)
OK, I fixed it so that it remembers what you had filled in if your submission was invalid.

Next: fixing the "Print a map of my precinct" to be better, then figuring out the party ID stuff for party-ID states

It only remembers the first password field, not the 2nd verification one.

Here's me hoping for Voter registration on the Precinct lists for CA! :D



Anyways, one more bug as well I found: when emailing people using the form, it does not put a space in between the sender's first name and last. ex:

From: AndreSayre <---------@-------.com>
Andre Sayre sent you this message from Ron Paul 2008 Grassroots HQ:...

[a2planet2]

per other thread:

Sorry, I was adding admin features and lost track of the thread, now it's > 20 pages down or else I missed it...


Quote:
Originally Posted by a2planet2 http://www.ronpaulforums.com/gfx_RedWhiteBlue/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?p=756561#post756561)
OK, I fixed it so that it remembers what you had filled in if your submission was invalid.

Next: fixing the "Print a map of my precinct" to be better, then figuring out the party ID stuff for party-ID states

It only remembers the first password field, not the 2nd verification one.

Fixed the password thing... for some reason I thought the verification didn't need to be remembered. No idea why.


Here's me hoping for Voter registration on the Precinct lists for CA! :D

I just registered for Alameda county and party registration shows up... what do you mean by voter registration; do you mean voter history?



Anyways, one more bug as well I found: when emailing people using the form, it does not put a space in between the sender's first name and last. ex:

From: AndreSayre <---------@-------.com>
Andre Sayre sent you this message from Ron Paul 2008 Grassroots HQ:...

Thanks, fixed it.

[free.alive]

When I logged in I got this message:

"Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/a2planet/httpdocs/grassrootscentral.test/menu.php on line 309

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/a2planet/httpdocs/grassrootscentral.test/menu.php on line 309"

I refreshed the page and it brought me to where I could choose my county.

Very cool that you use google maps. However, precinct boundaries are not defined. It could be fixed, I just don't know how. Example:

This is the result I got:

http://maps.google.com/?q=7006+%20CAMEO%20SW+DR+LAKEWOOD+WA+98498&spn=0.1

As opposed to what the Pierce County Dems (Tacoma, WA) use for the same result:

http://piercecountydems.org/scripts/precinct_28.htm

An even better example is the King County Dems (Seattle, WA) version:

http://www.kcdems.net/about/OrgInfo.aspx?ld=43&pct=1269



I think this little improvement would extremely add to the ease and clarity of the precinct map usage for the typical volunteer who maybe isn't going to search all over for another example. Furthermore, if they have to it means that the map we link to is pointless and a wast of time on our part. We need not do any time wasting...

All in all, this is incredible! I say it again, this tool is sooooo awesome! (I just clicked get started!) It will be PERFECT if you can get precinct borders onto the precinct maps.

great work.

And to the developers, this site is f'in awesome!!!

[a2planet2]

When I logged in I got this message:

"Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/a2planet/httpdocs/grassrootscentral.test/menu.php on line 309

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/a2planet/httpdocs/grassrootscentral.test/menu.php on line 309"

Hmm, that's odd, line 309 is pretty mundane:


echo '<tr><td>Enter a new password:</td><td><input type="password" name="password1" value="' . $pass1 . '"></td></tr>';

where $pass1 is a null string unless being fed by a page refresh (eg when you click to generate a map of your precinct). Did your password have any exotic characters in it?


I refreshed the page and it brought me to where I could choose my county.

Very cool that you use google maps. However, precinct boundaries are not defined. It could be fixed, I just don't know how. Example:

This is the result I got:

http://maps.google.com/?q=7006+%20CAMEO%20SW+DR+LAKEWOOD+WA+98498&spn=0.1

As opposed to what the Pierce County Dems (Tacoma, WA) use for the same result:

http://piercecountydems.org/scripts/precinct_28.htm

An even better example is the King County Dems (Seattle, WA) version:

http://www.kcdems.net/about/OrgInfo.aspx?ld=43&pct=1269



I think this little improvement would extremely add to the ease and clarity of the precinct map usage for the typical volunteer who maybe isn't going to search all over for another example. Furthermore, if they have to it means that the map we link to is pointless and a wast of time on our part. We need not do any time wasting...

The problem is that the data we have is all over the place... some areas have excellent data and other places have horrifically bad data. So as a go-around I just have the program pull out the first legit address in the precinct that it can find and map it. Generating precinct boundaries would be a geocoding nightmare. Every state would need its own system, it would take until all the primaries are over to get it right.


All in all, this is incredible! I say it again, this tool is sooooo awesome! (I just clicked get started!) It will be PERFECT if you can get precinct borders onto the precinct maps.

great work.

And to the developers, this site is f'in awesome!!!

Thanks, I appreciate it. I had some help from Doug the IT guy and the crew at Terra Eclipse here and there (though they did some big jobs too, like setting up the database) but I mostly wrote the web system from scratch... so, thanks.

[nc4rp]

A2 you deserve a medal.

[austin356]

quick question:

I have a local supporter email list of hundreds of supporters plus hundreds more inside the meetup group. I am about to invite all them if their sign ups will not be flushed again.

Will there be another flush before things go live?


I must say THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A FANTASTIC JOB.

[davidhperry]

quick question:

I must say THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A FANTASTIC JOB.

I agree. Can't wait to get the Nashville folks and all the Tennessee groups in here.

[ASayre]

I just registered for Alameda county and party registration shows up... what do you mean by voter registration; do you mean voter history?

Errr - either it was cached or I'm just an idiot. :o

Anyways - excellent! When the voter registration deadlines close, will it automagically filter out non-republican parties when canvassing - or are we able to do that now somehow? State dependent of course

[free.alive]

Oh well about the boundaries.

My password is an 8-character word.

Once again, fantastic work my friend.

Oh yeah, on the "precinct management page" , what is the "SS8" field all about? Mine all have "D" in the boxes. My guess is it means Democrat, but I'm not sure....

Also, I'm curious about the point of the password when it's posted at the top of the page.

[unloud]

The only thing that is bugging me is that it was REALLY testy for me to find out my precinct. I'm sure the status of precinct maps makes this difficult, but something done about it would be awesome.

Thanks so much for your hard work guys. I've forwarded it to my meetup group.

[free.alive]

Could this be of any use. It's a seemingly great organizing tool that has been largely ignored..

http://ronpaul.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

[austin356]

The problem is that the data we have is all over the place... some areas have excellent data and other places have horrifically bad data. So as a go-around I just have the program pull out the first legit address in the precinct that it can find and map it. Generating precinct boundaries would be a geocoding nightmare. Every state would need its own system, it would take until all the primaries are over to get it right.



I can atest to this. My God I could not get precinct maps if I had a million dollars in this state. The political establishment's data is completely unorganized here (I guess cause nobody ever gets full ground game going during the primary, and the state is never competitive during the general)

[austin356]

The only thing that is bugging me is that it was REALLY testy for me to find out my precinct. I'm sure the status of precinct maps makes this difficult, but something done about it would be awesome.

Thanks so much for your hard work guys. I've forwarded it to my meetup group.

That is not as easy as it may appear to be. I had the same issue but luckily had my voter registration card nearby since I just moved and reregistered.

[DSmith]

Adam,

This page ( http://voters.ronpaul2008.com/grassrootscentral.test/signup-submit.php ) should have a link to the sign in page clearly laid out.

The precincts in the drop down on this page ( http://voters.ronpaul2008.com/grassrootscentral.test/menu.php ) are ordered by precinct # instead of city/twp then precinct number. ie the order goes:

Addison twp PCT 1
then
Auburn Hills PCT 1

when it should read:

Addison twp PCT 1
then
Addison twp PCT 2.....

Other than those and the fact that the walking list says I'm a liberal... awesome work!

-Dan
Oakland County, MI

[DSmith]

I wouldn't worry to much about the maps... we're a smart enough crowd. :)

[Joe3113]

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[austin356]

This is top notch.

Blimpin' brigade needs to make sure this is blimped every 5-10 minutes in the morning. People will be excited about the caucus and very willing to sign up today, psychologically speaking.

[austin4paul]

quick question:

I have a local supporter email list of hundreds of supporters plus hundreds more inside the meetup group. I am about to invite all them if their sign ups will not be flushed again.

Will there be another flush before things go live?


I must say THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A FANTASTIC JOB.

And I thought I was the only one who stayed up all night reading the RP forums! You just wanna beat me to invite everyone and get your name on the leader board, lol.

But I have the same question as we're launching our GOTV calling in the Austin meet-up starting tomorrow night and if we can start using this to enter data, it would be great to have this tool available to use. The Austin "Locusts for Liberty" are ready to swarm!

[austin356]

And I thought I was the only one who stayed up all night reading the RP forums! You just wanna beat me to invite everyone and get your name on the leader board, lol.

But I have the same question as we're launching our GOTV calling in the Austin meet-up starting tomorrow night and if we can start using this to enter data, it would be great to have this tool available to use. The Austin "Locusts for Liberty" are ready to swarm!



LoL!!

Austin thinks Austin supporters need to cover Austin with Paul material.