Civic Guests tab walkthrough
The Civic Guests tab inside /events lets you auto-invite local politicians to your event, edit the proposed list, add your own invitees, and track RSVPs.
To use it:
1. Open your event → Civic Guests tab
2. The Country / State / City fields auto-populate from the event's venue address. Adjust if needed.
3. Click "Pull politicians" — Turtini's registry surfaces every federal + state politician (and city/county officials where covered) for that jurisdiction
4. Review the checklist — uncheck anyone you don't want to invite. Use "Select all" / "Clear" to bulk-toggle
5. Add custom invitees in the Custom invitees section:
- One-by-one — fill the inline row (name, office, email, optional jurisdiction label) and click + Add
- CSV upload — file must have header row: name,office,email,jurisdictionLabel
6. Optionally write a personal message in the box at the bottom
7. Click "Send invitations" — Turtini queues magic-link RSVP emails to every selected politician + custom invitee. Duplicates (already-invited emails) are skipped silently
After sending, the Invitations table at the bottom shows status: invited / accepted / tentative / declined, plus any speaking time the politician chose to attach to their RSVP.
Accepted RSVPs flow into your event's confirmedCivicGuests[] which the Event Civic Guests Builder block on your event page reads — your public marketing auto-updates the moment a politician accepts.