PeachTracker and PeachProfile are built on public records and plain language. Here's exactly where the information comes from, how we handle your address, and how to tell us when we get something wrong.
PeachTracker is an independent community project. It is not the government, not a campaign, not a political action committee, and not affiliated with any official, party, or candidate. It's built and maintained by a Macon resident — you can read more on the about page. We take no money from candidates or campaigns.
We try to show neutrality rather than just claim it. Votes are reported as they were recorded — Yes, No, Abstain, or Absent— without words like “controversial” or “rejected reform.” We don't take sides on contested local outcomes; we explain what was decided and point you to the source.
Party labels appear only where the office is actually partisan (your state and federal seats). Local offices like the county commission and the school board are nonpartisan, so we don't attach a party to them.
When you look up a PeachProfile, your address is used once, on our server, to figure out which districts you live in. We do it with the U.S. Census Geocoder and the county's public district boundaries.
We never store your address, never attach it to a profile, and never sell or share it. The page you land on is labeled by district number only — so the link you might share with a neighbor reveals your district, never your street.
Local agendas are written in dense legal language. To make them readable, we draft a short plain-language summary of each item with AI assistance, from the official agenda text — and every item links back to the source agenda so you can always read the original wording yourself.
Summaries are meant to be faithful, not interpretive: they describe what an item is, not whether it's good or bad. When an editor revises a summary by hand, our system locks it so it won't be overwritten. If a summary ever reads as slanted or wrong, tell us — see below.
We'd genuinely rather hear it from you than leave it wrong. If a name, a vote, a summary, or a district looks off, email peachtracker@gmail.com with what you saw and where. Corrections to the public record are a feature, not an embarrassment — they're how this stays trustworthy.