Some context: This was built for a hackathon + I'm currently using the test API keys for Phaxio intended for testing, so the congressperson currently doesn't actually get the fax unless I swap the keys out for the live ones. It does, however, give feedback as though the fact has been sent, so feel free to try it out.
To me the ideal use case of this would be the pressure tactics employed by orgs like the EFF or ACLU during times of protest. For example, when Net Neutrality was a significant mainstream issue, orgs had tools to reach out to your specific Congressperson to persuade them to vote in favor of Net Neutrality; those tools involved several steps, and from a UX perspective condensing it into one step would create more participation. Plus, physical faxes are pretty hard to ignore.
This is a great projcet. One bit of feeeback, it looks like this must be using your phone number to determine location. In my case, my cell number's location is where I lived in 2006, but now I'm in a different state. I think this is probably true of many if not most of my peers as well.
To me the ideal use case of this would be the pressure tactics employed by orgs like the EFF or ACLU during times of protest. For example, when Net Neutrality was a significant mainstream issue, orgs had tools to reach out to your specific Congressperson to persuade them to vote in favor of Net Neutrality; those tools involved several steps, and from a UX perspective condensing it into one step would create more participation. Plus, physical faxes are pretty hard to ignore.