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Titusville previews FlashVotes survey panel to speed citizen input; some members raise methodology concerns
Summary
FlashVotes representatives demonstrated a citizen-panel survey tool to the council and said the city’s panel can deliver scientific survey results within days; a public commenter raised concerns about volunteer bias and council members questioned sample randomness and sample sizes.
Titusville city officials on May 27 heard a 15‑minute overview from FlashVotes about a city-contracted online panel intended to give rapid, representative citizen input on local issues.
Kevin Lines, co‑founder of FlashVotes, told council members that the service combines a locally recruited panel with targeted random invitations and captures basic demographics at sign-up so surveys can be short and actionable. “Once that panel is built … we can go from an idea to a survey to survey results in a week or two,” Lines said. He added that from launch to results the company typically closes a survey in 48 hours and sees…
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