DearMEP vs One Click Politics

DearMEP is free, open-source software that helps citizens contact elected representatives in the European Parliament. Users can call once or schedule daily or weekly calls, and can also contact politicians by email or social media. The system chooses a representative from the user's country whom it estimates may be persuadable, using voting behavior and feedback. NGOs and activists can adapt the tool for campaigns and other assemblies, or embed a customizable widget on a campaign website. The widget detects the browser language and also lets visitors choose a language; campaign URLs must be added to the instance's allowed origins. DearMEP offers API documentation for advanced integrations and custom client implementations, and is available as web software, an API, or self-hosted software. A new instance requires an account with 46elks, its calling provider. The project says it minimizes personal-data processing and follows privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default, with GDPR compliance. Its privacy design document says IP addresses are used for geolocation and abuse prevention but are not persisted by the application itself; the document notes that some described functionality may not be implemented.

One Click Politics provides grassroots advocacy software and legislative tracking for organizations that run campaigns or monitor policy. Its coverage includes bills and rules across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Congress, and 29 international jurisdictions. Bill Genius searches the full text of state and federal legislation and includes bill comparisons, legislative histories, committee information, schedules, and alerts. Regulation searches can use keywords, agencies, docket numbers, or document IDs, with alerts for agencies and comment periods.

Campaigns can use email, video, social media, petitions, sentiment campaigns, and patch-through calling. Listed capabilities also include legislator outreach, grassroots organizing, analytics, and SMS messaging. Organizations can embed bill, regulation, and representative lookup widgets on their websites; free widgets display a One Click Politics badge. The company says its software connects with Salesforce, NationBuilder, and its API, and its homepage links to a Zapier integration. A free bill-tracking plan costs nothing and covers one bill, movement alerts, and calibrated odds of passage. Advocacy software has custom pricing. One Click Politics lists Android, iOS, and web platforms.