We created our bill list widget, map widget, stakeholder page, scorecard, and API hoping they would prove a useful way for people to share important legislation with their members or with the public. We have been delighted with the creative, effective, and even beautiful uses our customers have devised for using our tools. Some examples to help inspire you:
Bill Widgets
Simple straightforward effective bill lists
New Mexico Business Coalition || Montana Wildlife Federation || One Community || Keep Florida Reading
Emphasizing supported or opposed bills
State Bar of Wisconsin || Tourism Matters to Montana
Great implementation of widgets for different states built from a single bill sheet
Marijuana Policy Project (bottom of page)
Legislator widgets on Ballotpedia
Senator Gerald Hill (D-CA13) || Senator Liz Brown (R-IN15)
Maps
Amazing map with some top notch action links!
A pretty map that matches customer website colors with a well-customized grid
Main map with links to sub-maps
Equality Federation Legislative Action Center || Vote.org Bill Tracker
An excellent example of a map using position color coding
Taking instructions to another level (click 'go to model state legislation' to see the map)
National topic-based organization maps with automatic member pages
National REIA || REIA Utah || REIA NYC
Stakeholder Pages
Embedded stakeholder page
Idaho Wildlife Federation || State Council of Higher Education for Virginia || Virginia Conservation Network (notice instructions) || RMAPI
Embedded stakeholder page paired with an embedded scorecard with links to hosted pages
Scorecards
Nice embedded scorecard in a website
Voces Unidas Action || Great North Dakota Chamber || Nevada Progress Report
Great examples of the third party visual scorecard tool
Idaho Freedom Foundation || ACLU PA || National Parks Action Fund (Federal Scorecard) || Tennesseans for Student Success SuccessCard (see in particular the methodology link at the top) || Kansas Freedom Index
Customization
Event schedule using Google calendar plug-in:
Search for members to find and review legislator vote records:
Alaska Policy Forum Legislative Vote Tracker
Fantastic blending of internal data and BillTrack50 data into a new tool:
Ballotpedia Election Legislation Tracker
If you are particularly happy with how your page turned out, let us know, and we’ll add it to this list.