VOICE connects citizens with registered professional lobbyists through a straightforward crowdfunding model. No experience required. No political affiliation.
From citizen to represented in three steps.
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Browse or propose a campaign
Start by browsing active campaigns across every major policy area — healthcare, labor, aviation, pharma, finance, and more. If your issue isn't listed, you can propose it. Any federal or state policy issue that affects real people is eligible. The community then reviews and votes on whether the campaign should advance to the funding stage.
💡You don't need to propose a campaign to participate. Most users simply browse and contribute to campaigns that already exist. You can contribute as little as $10.
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Pool resources with others
Contribute to campaigns you care about. Every campaign has a dollar threshold — typically $60,000, equivalent to a six-month lobbying retainer at $10,000 per month. Contributions from all participants are pooled together. Your funds are held in escrow and not released until the threshold is reached. If the campaign doesn't reach its goal, your contribution is automatically returned — less payment processing fees and without interest. No forms, no waiting.
🔒Funds are held in escrow by Stripe, a regulated payment processor. Neither VOICE nor the lobbyist can access your contribution until the funding threshold is met and a lobbyist engagement is confirmed.
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A registered lobbyist goes to work
Once a campaign reaches its funding threshold, VOICE engages a registered professional lobbyist from our network. These are the same caliber of firms that represent major corporate clients — with active relationships in congressional offices, federal agencies, and regulatory bodies. The lobbyist works the issue, filing required federal disclosures quarterly. Funds are released in monthly tranches tied to verified activity. Contributors receive regular plain-language updates on what the lobbyist is doing and why.
📋All lobbyists in the VOICE network are registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act and file quarterly reports with the Senate and House. Those reports are public — you can verify your lobbyist's activity independently.
What You Get
Everything a corporation gets. For a fraction of the cost.
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Congressional access
Your lobbyist has spent years building real relationships with members of Congress and their staff — knowing who actually shapes the legislation, who's genuinely persuadable, and how to get in front of the right people at the right moment. That kind of access can't be replicated with a form letter.
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Agency relationships
Most policy is made at the agency level, not in legislation. Your lobbyist has relationships inside the FDA, FTC, FAA, and dozens of other agencies where regulations are actually written.
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Strategic intelligence
A lobbyist knows when a bill is genuinely moving versus stalled, which amendments are realistic, and how to time pressure for maximum effect. That ecosystem fluency is unavailable elsewhere.
Why VOICE
Petitions don't win. Professional advocacy does.
Citizens
Big Business
VOICE
✕ Registered lobbyists
✓ Registered lobbyists
✓ Registered lobbyists
✕ Congressional relationships
✓ Congressional relationships
✓ Congressional relationships
✕ Agency access
✓ Agency access
✓ Agency access
Town halls & form letters
✓ Strategic policy counsel
✓ Strategic policy counsel
✕ Legislative intelligence
✓ Legislative intelligence
✓ Legislative intelligence
Limited resources
Millions per issue
✓ Combined power in the billions
Common Questions
Everything you need to know.
If a campaign doesn't reach its funding threshold, contributions are automatically returned to your original payment method less Stripe's payment processing fee (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) and without interest. VOICE retains no platform fee on unfunded campaigns. No action is required on your part — the escrow system handles this automatically.
No. VOICE funds professional registered advocacy — not guaranteed results. Legislation fails. Regulations aren't always revised. No lobbying firm, however experienced, can guarantee a legislative or regulatory outcome controlled by elected officials and agency administrators. What VOICE guarantees is a qualified, registered lobbyist actively working your issue through the appropriate channels, filing required disclosures, and reporting regularly.
VOICE works with established, registered lobbying firms — including full-service shops with practices across major federal issue areas and boutique specialists with deep expertise in specific agencies. All network firms are registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Firm identities are disclosed to verified contributors once a campaign is activated. VOICE's founding team has direct relationships across these firms built over years in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in federal agency enforcement.
Any federal or state policy issue that is actionable through the lobbying process — meaning there is a specific legislative, regulatory, or enforcement action that professional advocacy can influence.
Contributions are processed through Stripe, a regulated payment processor, and held in escrow until a campaign reaches its funding threshold. Campaign funds are held in escrow and cannot be accessed by the lobbyist until the funding threshold is reached. Once the threshold is met, funds are released to the lobbyist in monthly tranches contingent on verified activity. A lobbyist who goes dark loses access to remaining escrow.
VOICE charges a 10% platform fee on all campaign funding. On a standard $60,000 campaign, VOICE retains $6,000 and the remaining $54,000 goes to the lobbyist. This fee covers platform operations, lobbyist vetting, compliance oversight, and contributor support. There are no additional fees for contributors beyond standard Stripe payment processing.
Yes. If a campaign you proposed fully funds and a lobbyist completes the engagement, you automatically receive 2% of the platform fee as a reward for surfacing an issue the community considered worth funding. On a standard $60,000 campaign, that's $1,200 paid to you automatically upon completion. This is designed to encourage people to create smart, targeted campaigns that can actually get done.
If a campaign reaches its funding threshold but VOICE is unable to engage a suitable lobbyist, contributions are returned to contributors minus Stripe's payment processing fee. No platform fee is deducted in this scenario. VOICE will notify all contributors with a plain-language explanation. The proposer may revise and resubmit.
Campaigns continue as long as contributions keep coming in. If a campaign is gaining momentum, contributors can continue to add to it — there's no hard deadline. The goal is to reach the funding threshold so the lobbyist can be engaged.
No. For purposes of the Lobbying Disclosure Act, the registered client in all VOICE campaigns is VOICE LLC or a parent entity — not individual contributors. Your name, email, and contribution amount are never included in federal lobbying disclosure filings. The disclosures show VOICE LLC as the client, the issue areas being lobbied, and the agencies contacted. Your participation is completely private.
Important Notice
VOICE is a platform that facilitates connections between citizens and registered professional lobbyists. VOICE does not itself engage in lobbying and takes no position on any political issue or campaign. Contributing to a campaign is not a political donation and does not constitute lobbying activity by the contributor. All lobbyists in the VOICE network are registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. VOICE funds professional effort, not guaranteed outcomes.
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