# JustMeasure

> JustMeasure is a Reformed, party-blind ranking of legislators by recorded votes. We judge actions, not people.

This index is generated from the scoring rules and the published JSON. It covers 719 stored records. Rankings updated October 26, 2026, 11:44 AM ET.

Labels, from the lowest score upward:

- Qualified on the 118th–119th Congress record: below 20. Lower score is better.
- Not yet tested on life and child-protection votes: A Qualified label claims a tested record on the gravest votes. Members seated after those votes, or who never cast one, show their score but are not called Qualified until tested.
- Sponsorship cap: a sponsor or cosponsor of a reviewed abortion or minors-transition measure keeps the score and cannot be Qualified. The window is the current and prior Congress, about four years. A recent deliberate act of the office stays on the record for one full Congress after. Prior-Congress resolutions are notes and do not cap. Operative class-A bills in that window still cap. Withdrawn cosponsorships do not count. Adam Malin signed the eleven operative entries on 2026-10-22. Held entries stay pending and do not cap.
- Past floor votes: prior Congress weight 0.5, two Congresses back weight 0.25, counted toward the lane minimum by that weight. A past abortion-expansion yea caps the label at Compromises on record and does not disqualify. S. 4554 is scored at the 0.5 factor. Decay is a chosen prudential weight, not a half-life for sin. Past penalties mirror whichever party set each Congress's agenda.
- Compromises on record: 20 to below 45.
- Grave pattern on record: 45 and above.
- Disqualifying vote on record: At least one Tier 1 vote: a vote to advance a direct breach of a clear command, or against a clean protection bill under the stated rule.
- Too few scored votes: Too few scored votes to apply the screen.

Scores are lane profiles. Tier 1 needs a human sign-off of operative text. Debt and spending and war-funding lanes (honest_money, war_peace) are prudential at 0.5. Debasement and unjust war stay at full weight (debasement, repudiation, unauthorized_hostilities, unjust_war).

## Pages

- [Rankings](https://justmeasure.org/): Every stored record, with its public label and Tier 2 scale.
- [My Ballot](https://justmeasure.org/my-ballot): ZIP form plus a static list of district pages. The form is a plain GET and stays on this page.
- [Tennessee District 02](https://justmeasure.org/my-ballot/tn-02/): The district page for ZIP 37918, with race, member, and amendment links.
- [Races](https://justmeasure.org/races/): 2026 federal races.
- [TN-02 race](https://justmeasure.org/race/house-tn-02/): House filings for Tennessee District 02.
- [Tim Burchett](https://justmeasure.org/member/burchett-tim/): The House member for Tennessee District 02.
- [H.R. 3492](https://justmeasure.org/bill/hr-3492-119/): Bill page with How this bill is scored and the roll calls.
- [Ballot briefs](https://justmeasure.org/ballot.html): Tennessee amendment briefs, also linked from each full page.
- [Tennessee amendment 1](https://justmeasure.org/ballot/tn-2026-amendment-1/): One ballot brief. The same text stays on `/ballot.html#tn-2026-amendment-1`.
- [Doctrine](https://justmeasure.org/doctrine.html): The scriptural and Reformed standard used to read the records.
- [Doctrine index](https://justmeasure.org/doctrine/): One page for each issue. The essay stays on the Doctrine page.
- [Theology notes](https://justmeasure.org/theology-detail.html): Every published Scripture note, in the page, readable without JavaScript.
- [Exodus 23:8](https://justmeasure.org/theology/exodus-23-8--open-corruption/): Theology note for Open corruption.
- [How it works](https://justmeasure.org/how.html): How public roll calls are gathered and how the fixed scoring system is applied.
- [Full text](https://justmeasure.org/llms-full.txt): The Doctrine and How pages as plain Markdown.
- [Sitemap](https://justmeasure.org/sitemap.xml): Prerendered HTML pages, including `/member/{slug}/`, `/bill/{id}/`, `/race/{id}/`, and `/my-ballot/{state}-{district}/`.

Paths look like `/member/{slug}/`, `/bill/{id}/`, `/race/{id}/`, and `/ballot/{id}/`.
Per-member Markdown at `/member/{slug}/index.md` is the recommended read for one record.
Bill Markdown is `/bill/{id}/index.md`. Race Markdown is `/race/{id}/index.md`.
The large per-candidate JSON files are not the recommended read.

## Worked example

ZIP 37918 is Tennessee District 02.

1. [District page](https://justmeasure.org/my-ballot/tn-02/)
2. [TN-02 race](https://justmeasure.org/race/house-tn-02/)
3. [Tim Burchett](https://justmeasure.org/member/burchett-tim/)
4. A bill on that ledger: [H.R. 3492](https://justmeasure.org/bill/hr-3492-119/)

## Data

- [dashboard.json](https://justmeasure.org/data/dashboard.json): 719 candidate records with the stored label, Tier 2 scale, office, and party.
- [bills.json](https://justmeasure.org/data/bills.json): 737 bills and nominations with summaries, tags, and yea, nay, and other vote lists.
- [doctrine.json](https://justmeasure.org/data/doctrine.json): Method cards, doctrine sections, the issue index, and the scoring mechanics used on the Doctrine page.
- [issues.json](https://justmeasure.org/data/issues.json): 24 issue entries with tier, scripture, and rationale.
- [ballot-measures.json](https://justmeasure.org/data/ballot-measures.json): 3 ballot-measure briefs.
- [federal-ballot-2026.json](https://justmeasure.org/data/federal-ballot-2026.json): 2026 federal ballot seats: Class II Senate, sourced specials, and the House note.
- [zip-ballot-candidates.json](https://justmeasure.org/data/zip-ballot-candidates.json): 719 candidate rows the ZIP ballot uses to match a district.
- [zip-districts.json](https://justmeasure.org/data/zip-districts.json): ZIP code to congressional district. 33791 ZCTAs.
- [theology-data.json](https://justmeasure.org/theology-data.json): Verse notes linked from the doctrine pages.
- [app/theology-data.json](https://justmeasure.org/app/theology-data.json): Verse notes linked from the doctrine pages.