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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.30,0:00:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The project began as a research project
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.46,0:00:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.22,0:00:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Mexico in order to measure and evaluate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.38,0:00:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the productivity, or to design metrics of legislative activity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.63,0:00:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The project has two fundamental goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.87,0:00:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, from the academic point of view
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.21,0:00:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create metrics that are increasingly sophisticated
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.13,0:00:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as, for example, the behavior of the party
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.40,0:00:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the index of how they vote
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.11,0:00:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the average of legislative proposals
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.73,0:00:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the daily activities of the Congress which must be analyzed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.06,0:00:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for all of this we are creating increasingly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.67,0:00:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sophisticated indicators as we're able to.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.25,0:01:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is all targeted toward academia.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.42,0:01:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other part of the project which is more social
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.34,0:01:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we hope to quickly expand upon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.05,0:01:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that, in the first place, citizens are able to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.100,0:01:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get to know who are their representatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.64,0:01:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This we do via the web page
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.25,0:01:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be done with their electoral ID number
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.50,0:01:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mexican electoral card has a section number
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.86,0:01:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which represents their voting district
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.87,0:01:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or their ballot box
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.05,0:01:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they just have to enter this number and their state
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.33,0:01:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the website shows them their senators
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.14,0:01:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who is their deputy (representative).
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.04,0:01:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can also find the information by searching
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.62,0:01:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their neighborhood or postal code.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.01,0:01:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost all of this information we obtain from official
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.57,0:02:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sources. The reason is very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.85,0:02:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is so that the politicians cannot, as has happened
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.56,0:02:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, complain about information that appears on the website
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.17,0:02:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, for example, "I did go to this session"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.65,0:02:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the official documentation to say to them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.35,0:02:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"well look, here it says that you simply did not attend."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.96,0:02:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We use official documentation for attendance,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.71,0:02:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voting records, and legislative proposals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.96,0:02:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the only case where we add additional information
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.54,0:02:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the creation of their profiles.