The Story of The LegisNation

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Have you ever felt like your voice doesn't count in the process of creating laws? Like the world of legislative drafting is locked away behind complicated jargon and inaccessible halls of power?

This frustration with low citizen participation in lawmaking—often due to its inaccessibility and perceived complexity—was the catalyst for The LegisNation. 

While participatory governance empowers citizens, leading to more inclusive, transparent, and effective decision-making, the practical hurdles remained too high. The dream was to create a direct bridge between the people and the lawmakers. A way for a good idea from a concerned citizen to instantly be turned into a viable draft bill, ordinance, or order. With the advent of AI technology, this dream of "Participatory Governance Leveraging on AI" became a powerful reality.

The LegisNation is an AI-powered civic tech application that directly addresses the barriers to public participation by bridging the gap between citizens and lawmakers, fostering a more engaged and representative democracy.

The platform provides an online space for citizens to propose draft bills, overcoming physical barriers and increasing accessibility. More critically, it simplifies the process by using AI to translate citizen ideas into structured legislative proposals, making it easier for non-experts to participate. The AI can also synthesize diverse inputs, ensuring a broader range of perspectives are considered in lawmaking, thereby amplifying citizen voices.

The platform brings your idea to life through a simple, four-step journey:

GENERATE: You start by identifying a societal issue and providing input on the proposed solution and desired outcome. The LegisNation AI uses this, along with built-in Public Policy Principles (like the structure of an effective policy or international standards) , to generate an initial draft bill. This accelerates the process and improves the accuracy of participatory legislative drafting.

COLLABORATE: Once the initial public policy draft is generated, users can freely refine and rewrite it using a word editor. Other users can express support, provide constructive comments, and raise critical concerns, fostering a crowdsourced and iterative drafting process.

VALIDATE: In this phase, users refine the AI-generated draft. The platform offers advanced features like Legislative Notes for policy insights and allows selected users to access and solicit input from professionals for expert consultations. This ensures the draft is a robust, well-informed legislative proposal for enhanced quality and viability.

LEGISLATE: Once finalized, your LegisNation draft legislation can be sent directly to legislators for their consideration. This empowers citizens, as these drafts represent the people's own developed solutions to their concerns, ensuring their voices directly shape potential laws.

The LegisNation is your seat on the table. 

It’s the People's Platform for Policy Innovation