Democracy Test Kitchen

Democracy Test Kitchen

About this app

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP: Democracy Test Kitchen is an independent, non-partisan project. It does not represent any government or political entity, election office, party, or candidate.

A free voter guide: see the races on your ballot, compare where the candidates stand, and build a ballot plan. Election Day reminders, Add to Calendar, a countdown widget, and your plan saved on your phone.

SOURCES OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Candidates, races and general election dates: the official election office of each state and DC, as listed at https://www.usa.gov/election-office
AL: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes
AK: https://www.elections.alaska.gov/
AZ: https://azsos.gov/elections
AR: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections
CA: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections
CO: https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/main.html
CT: https://portal.ct.gov/sots/common-elements/v5-template---redesign/elections--voting--home-page
DE: https://elections.delaware.gov/index.shtml
DC: https://dcboe.org/
FL: https://dos.fl.gov/elections/
GA: https://sos.ga.gov/elections-division-georgia-secretary-states-office
HI: https://elections.hawaii.gov/
ID: https://voteidaho.gov/
IL: https://www.elections.il.gov/
IN: https://indianavoters.in.gov/
IA: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections-voting
KS: https://sos.ks.gov/elections/elections.html
KY: https://elect.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx
LA: https://www.sos.la.gov/elections-voting
ME: https://www.maine.gov/sos/elections-voting
MD: https://elections.maryland.gov/
MA: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/elections-and-voting.htm
MI: https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections
MN: https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/
MS: https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting
MO: https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/
MT: https://sosmt.gov/elections/
NE: https://www.nebraska.gov/featured/elections-voting/
NV: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/elections
NH: https://www.sos.nh.gov/elections/voters
NJ: https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/vote.shtml
NM: https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/
NY: https://www.elections.ny.gov/
NC: https://www.ncsbe.gov/
ND: https://vip.sos.nd.gov/PortalList.aspx
OH: https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/
OK: https://oklahoma.gov/elections.html
OR: https://sos.oregon.gov/voting-elections/Pages/default.aspx
PA: https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/Pages/default.aspx
RI: https://vote.sos.ri.gov/
SC: https://www.scvotes.org/
SD: https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/default.aspx
TN: https://sos.tn.gov/elections
TX: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml
UT: https://vote.utah.gov/
VT: https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/
VA: https://www.elections.virginia.gov/
WA: https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections
WV: https://sos.wv.gov/elections
WI: https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/
WY: https://sos.wyo.gov/Elections/Default.aspx

Primary election dates: National Conference of State Legislatures, https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns
Voter registration links: https://vote.gov
Polling place links: your state's office above, or Vote.org, https://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator/
Your districts: Geocodio (https://www.geocod.io), which uses U.S. Census Bureau district files, https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files.html
Incumbents and voting records: Open States (https://openstates.org) and LegiScan (https://legiscan.com)
District partisan lean: Dave's Redistricting App (https://davesredistricting.org), from election results compiled by the Voting and Election Science Team
Legislative effectiveness scores: Center for Effective Lawmaking, https://thelawmakers.org/methodology
Candidate positions: summaries of each candidate's own statements and voting records, or labeled inferences. Each one cites its sources in the app.

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