Abstract: Methods and related apparatus and compositions of matter for engaging a user in a political process are disclosed herein. In various aspects the methods may include the steps of notifying a verified user of an action item by electronic messaging, with the action item relating to a political issue preselected by the verified user. The methods may include the step of collecting an actual response to the action item generated by the verified user, and transmitting the actual response to a decision maker. The methods may include, in various aspects, creating a report card using a plurality of decision maker actions of the decision maker, with the report card indicative of the agreement between each decision maker action of a number of decision maker action with the corresponding actual responses of the verified user.