Decatur Vote
Story compiled by Reed Sutman.- Updated
DecaturVote.com is a local political news website covering primarily Decatur Illinois Elections, but also providing some coverage of other elections in Macon County.
Major Updates
Major Updates regarding the business and the website.
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Jan 13, 2023
Website updated!
Major update to the website with some redesigns and a new 'Story' feature.
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Jul 29, 2022
Pre-launch!
The first version of the website is published, after about 9 months of work.
Timeline Design created by Overflow & modified by Reed Sutman. Timeline content created by Decatur Vote.
Articles
Decatur Vote 2023 Review
I've covered two elections for Decatur Vote. DV has had 59 new page likes on Facebook since January 3rd, bringing us to 111 followers. We have two monthly patrons at $10 per month, which is about $17.00 per month revenue after Patreon fees. We thoroughly covered the 2023 Decatur election, and did... See Article
Blog, 04-04-2023Decatur Vote Weekly | March 24th
This week we updated several candidate platforms, published endorsements from three organizations, made progress on our comprehensive Voter's Guide, and a few other minor things. This is the weekly update from Decatur Vote, which you'll get if you sign up for emails at the bottom of this page. We... See Article
Meta Report, 03-24-2023What is DecaturVote.com?
DecaturVote.com is a local political news website covering primarily Decatur Illinois Elections, but also providing some coverage of other elections in Macon County. See Article
Blog, 01-13-2023Status Report, Updates about Decatur Vote
Decatur Vote launched in July 2022 after 9 months of development. I conducted 10 interviews and researched an additional 3 candidates online for 2022. I got off-track from elections a couple times & did not work as efficiently as I hoped. Roughly 17 local candidates were not reported on. I un... See Article
Blog, 11-17-2022About DecaturVote.com
DecaturVote.com is a for-purpose business legally organized for-profit. I want to bring local voter information to the forefront, making it accessible & easy to follow. I've been working toward this on and off for a few years and have dedicated my full-time work to this since November 2021. A... See Article
Blog, 06-14-2022Tidbits
Update: Website updated!
I've made major updates to the website! The home page has been re-organized, the ugly bar at the bottom is removed, and most exciting is the new 'Stories' feature! You can see the screenshot above showing a timeline of highlights regarding the 2023 Election. Those 'Story' pages are a collection o... See Tidbit
01-13-2023Sources