Understand your ballot without the overload.

Ballot Clarity is a nonprofit civic-information concept built to help voters see who is on the ballot, what those candidates and measures actually do, and where the information came from.

Demo ballot preview

2026 Metro County General Election

Designed to feel like a digital voters’ pamphlet: clean sections, clear headings, and source access visible wherever claims are summarized.

U.S. House, District 7
Federal race for the district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
2 candidates
State Senate, District 12
State legislative race covering growth management, housing, and water policy in District 12.
2 candidates
Metro County School Board At-Large
Nonpartisan local contest for an at-large seat on the Metro County School Board.
3 candidates
County Ballot Measure
Countywide measure about transit capital borrowing and sidewalk work.
1 measure
County Ballot Measure
County charter change related to public-records response timing.
1 measure

Explore the sample ballot See methodology

Value

See your ballot

Start with an address or ZIP code and get a readable ballot guide organized by contest.

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Understand candidates and measures

Review neutral summaries, public records, funding context, and plain-language measure explanations.

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Review sources and methodology

Inspect source lists, see what is known and unknown, and understand how summaries are put together.

Nonprofit mission

Public-interest election information should be readable, transparent, and calm.

Many voters encounter a mix of campaign ads, dense legal text, and fragmented public records. Ballot Clarity is designed to slow that down. The goal is not to tell people what to think. The goal is to make it easier to inspect what is actually documented.

This MVP emphasizes source-backed summaries, plain-language measure explanations, and clear limits on what is known. It is informational, not advisory.

How the demo is organized

1
One federal, one state, one local race
The sample ballot shows a range of race types so the design can support different record shapes and source patterns.
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Plain-language ballot measure pages
Measures are framed around what YES and NO do, potential impacts, and source-backed considerations without using advocacy language.
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Future-ready data architecture
The front end consumes mock API routes, so real civic data sources can replace the demo layer later without rewriting every page.