For offices and their staff
Your office hears from everyone. What’s hard is knowing which of them live in your district.
So there are two small tools here for your side of the inbox, the guides your constituents read, and Agora from the office’s side.
For your side of the inbox
- The Inbox Test Twelve made-up messages to a fictional office. Try it with your team and compare how many senders each of you could place.
- The Office Triage Sheet Four questions to sort one incoming message into a suggested route, and a blank sheet to print. A starting point, not policy.
What your constituents read
The guides send people to the right office with one issue and a clear ask, so you know what they’ve been told before they write.
- Write to an elected official Where you live, one issue, the bill number, the ask.
- Call an office What to say, and where to find the number.
- Ask for a meeting How to request one, what to bring, how to follow up.
- Speak at a public meeting Rules, sign-up and time limits, and why the right to comment varies by state.
Agora, from the office’s side
An office sees what its own constituents think, separate from outside noise, and can answer in public. Every official, of every party, gets the same tools.
We’re looking for design partners: offices willing to try it and tell us what’s wrong.
Agora’s own page for officials: tryagora.org/for-officials
Tell me about your inbox
I’ll show you Agora from your side, and I want to hear what your inbox is really like.