Story intake

Tell me what people in Maine are running into

A serious platform should leave room for public records and lived experience at the same time.

If you choose to send something, I want the intake to be organized, factual, and useful - not performative.

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Listening platform

A structured way to tell me what people in Maine are running into.

I do not want this campaign to pretend it already knows every version of the problem. If you want to help inform the public reform priorities on this site, use the categories below and keep it factual.

What this is for

Pattern-finding, not case management

I am using this lane to understand recurring public problems and reform needs, not to create a private case portal.

Privacy standard

Leave out what is too identifying

Send the smallest amount of personal detail necessary to explain the process problem clearly.

Expectation setting

A reply is not promised

This page is a structured intake lane, not legal advice, not representation, and not a guaranteed response queue.

Best timing

Stabilize first, then send

If there is an immediate safety or housing problem, use the resource hub first and come back here once the immediate pressure is addressed.

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Best for this page

What helps most

Timeline, location, what happened, what part of the process made things worse, and what would have helped sooner.

Best not to send

Leave out what is too private

If you would not want it repeated publicly, leave it out unless we have discussed it directly.

Use case

This is for pattern-finding

The point is to understand recurring public problems and reform priorities, not to stage private disputes online.

Response standard

A reply is not guaranteed

I read this as a civic intake lane, not as a promise of representation, legal advice, or immediate intervention.

What I am asking people to flag

court delay
access interference
enforcement issues
housing instability
documentation or records
child impact

Ground rules

How I want this used

Be factual.
Do not post private details you do not want repeated.
This is not legal advice.
A response is not guaranteed.
Stories may inform reform priorities and public understanding.

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Use the structured template

Download the text template, fill it out, and send it to me through LinkedIn or the channel you already have.

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Copy-and-use draft

Story intake template

Your name (or leave blank if you want to share anonymously): Town / county in Maine: Best way to reach you if you want follow-up: Which category fits best? - court delay - access interference - enforcement issues - housing instability - documentation / records - child impact - other What happened? What part of the process made things worse? What would have helped sooner? What should people in Maine understand about this? May this story inform public reform priorities? - yes - yes, but without identifying details - no

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Privacy note: assume the safest practice is to leave out anything you would not want reproduced publicly unless we have discussed it directly. Calm, factual, and specific is the most useful format here. If the immediate need is safety, shelter, or emergency legal help, use the resource page first and treat this page as a later civic-intake step.

Keep moving through the platform

Read, verify, or act from here.

Read

Use the flagship page first

If someone is new to the site, the dashboard is still the strongest first stop for the public record and the campaign response.

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Verify

Move from argument to receipts

The evidence center and briefs are where the charts, source cards, and downloadable proof should hold up on their own.

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Act

Use the practical doors

For people dealing with real pressure right now, the resource hub comes before politics. For pattern-finding, use the intake page after that.

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