1. Is VoterWeb really free to Democratic Committee People?
   Yes. I provide VoterWeb as a free service to my fellow Democrats to encourage their grassroots efforts and committee duties in support of the overall Democratic ticket, increasing voter turnout, and combating Republican influences.

2. What about Candidates?
   VoterWeb is NOT free to candidates for salaried political offices. VoterWeb users are encouraged to get their candidates to join so they can work in a coordinated fashion with the committees. The fees charged to Candidates are used to subsidize the free access given out to everyone else.

3. What kind of access is available?
   Most VoterWeb user accounts are for the single precinct in which the user is registered. Other accounts have access to an entire Ward, Municipality, Area, County, State Region or entire State. There are also account levels for school, magisterial, St. Leg, St. Senate and Congressional districts.
   The rule of thumb is that people get the minimum access level needed to perform their duties.

4. What is the best way to get an account for other committee people, or expand my access?
   My general preference is to give County, Area or Municipality leaders the ability to create sub-accounts for their members. They know what access level their members need, and it frees up my time away from creating accounts.
   In the case of a campaign, the candidate or campaign manager would create any necessary sub-accounts within their voting district.
   
5. What about incumbents? What about endorsed vs non-endorsed?
   While I do like most of the incumbents and endorsed candidates, in a Primary I tend to offer VoterWeb on a first-come first-served basis. Although if there is a DINO or bad Dem running, I am happy to support challengers to the "establishment" candidates. I won't provide VoterWeb to more than one paying candidate in a race for a salaried office, to avoid conflict of interest.

6. Where do you get the voter data?
   The raw voter data is provided by the PA State Department and covers all 67 counties. It is a fresh, up-to-date snapshot of the 67 counties, which synchronize their data with the state. In the month following an election, some counties have their updates sooner than others.
   The phone number data is whatever is on the State's voter file (very sparsely populated), combined with data I've obtained from public "White Pages" phone lists.

7. How often do you update the voter data?
   VoterWeb prides itself on consistently being the most up-to-date system. I update the voter data once every month or so, depending on how close we are to an election vs a slow period. Typically, there are 8-10 updates per year.

8. What about the data entered by VoterWeb users?
   It stays there, election cycle to election cycle. The idea is to give the committee people a sense of investment so the data doesn't disappear with each candidate, but rather stays with them to help with their GOTV efforts.

9. What type of computer system do you use?
   I built VoterWeb using open-source technology (Linux, Postgresql, Apache and Java) to avoid licensing fees and increase stability over Microsoft and propriatary systems. I wrote all the code myself, so it's 100% my own intellectual property to alter or provide as I please.

10. What's your relationship with the State Democratic Party and VoteBuilder?
    Adversarial.
    The State Party controls VoteBuilder access in a fairly strict fashion and will not provide it to challengers against incumbent Dems. They've been known to arm- twist, bully and threaten candidates into using VoteBuilder. Their interest seems to be a combination of party unity and Draconian control, as well as bowing down to the DNC which provides their access.
    Also, I am unafraid to challenge their policies, "collective wisdom", or backroom politics in favor of long-shot progressive candidates who are "fighting the good fight".