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This is civic tech: ActBlue, the progressive political fundraising platform, just celebrated going over the $1 billion mark in total monies raised since 2004, when it was launched.

NationBuilder has just launched RunForOffice.org, a database and free service it is developing to give would-be candidates information on the 500,000 elected offices in America, how to appear on the ballot, training on how to run, plus a free voter file.

Tuesday in D.C.: Common Cause is holding the “Blueprint for Democracy” conference, featuring a host of political reformers. One highlight: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in conversation with Malkia Cyril of the Center for Media Justice. Livestream starts at 9:30am ET.

Microsoft is looking to hire a director of civic engagement planning to work with its technology and civic engagement team, based in Seattle.

ICYMI: VoteRunLead founder Erin Vilardi offers “five ways to get the most from Civic Hall.”

Tech and politics: A Washington Post analysis by Rosalind Helderman and Tom Hamburger finds that 104 emails written by Hillary Clinton using her private server while Secretary of State contained information that the government has since said was actually classified. They note, “The analysis raises difficult questions about how the government treats sensitive information. It suggests that either material is being overclassified, as Clinton and her allies have charged, or that classified material is being handled improperly with regularity by government officials at all levels—or some combination of the two.”

If you haven’t spent a few minutes staring at the “live call map” (scroll down) showing phone calls going into upcoming states from Bernie Sanders supporters around the country, you’ve missed a bit of what’s going on behind-the-scenes as the campaign plays out. Check it out in the evening when it’s most active.

Meet Purple, a text-message-based news service focused on giving you timely reports on the political campaigns. As Joseph Lichterman reports for Nieman NewsLab, it’s the brain-child of Rebecca Harris, a graduate of the CUNY Entrepreneurial Journalism program.

Luis Daniel writes for Data & Society on how political bots are affecting Mexican politics.

Future living: In Medium’s Backchannel, telecom expert Susan Crawford celebrates the launch of high-speed internet access in Huntsville, Alabama, powered by Google but built on dark fiber being built by the local utility. “I am over the moon about this,” she writes, explaining that this is how real competition can be fostered in broadband, when you have “a world-class, basic, fixed-price, passive, wholesale wire to every home and business that can be used by any retail operator to provide services.”

Related: The Daily News editorial board blows a kiss to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for the launch of his LinkNYC public Wi-Fi program.