Civic noise, made signal

Public interest infrastructure for local democracy.

Intrst builds voter-verified resident networks so communities can measure real sentiment on local issues — and institutions can finally act on it.

Edition Rev. 2026 · v0.1
Model Voter-verified
Scope Municipal
I — The Problem

Civic engagement is structurally broken.

Local decisions shape daily life, but the public signal is fragmented, expensive to access, and often unverified.

Symptom 01P-01

Information is buried

Critical civic actions live in PDFs, legal notices, and fragmented municipal pages no resident has the time to parse.

Where decisions hide Council packets, planning agendas, budget riders.
Symptom 02P-02

Participation is costly

Hearings and petitions favor insiders. Most residents are priced out by time and friction long before they’re ever heard.

Who actually shows up The same ten people, week after week.
Symptom 03P-03

Social media is divisive

Bots and trolls dilute trust. Platforms monetize outrage with no link to any real civic action.

What’s missing A feed isn’t a vote. Engagement isn’t sentiment.
II — The System

An infrastructure upgrade for democracy.

A trusted network of verified residents who can aggregate their voices on local issues — in real-time, traceable to one real person.

System 01S-01

Verified participation

Multi-factor verification through voter rolls, address, and mobile. Every voice traces back to one real resident.

Standard One verified resident, one civic voice.
System 02S-02

Real-time polling

Council votes and zoning changes pushed to your phone. Voice an opinion the moment it actually matters.

Latency From agenda posting to verified resident — minutes, not weeks.
System 03S-03

Actionable civic fabric

Connected networks that hand officials real sentiment data instead of the loudest ten people in the room.

Output Trusted signal, not engagement metrics.