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This page is a list of projects. Our highest priorities at the moment can be found on our current projects page. If you're wondering how you can help, find out at "Ways you can help."

Editorial and content projects

Projects that are listed with a gray background belong to more than one overall set of projects.

Ballot measures

Project	Identifier	Portal	Stub	User badge	Project badge	News desk	Improvement
State Ballot Measures	{{sbm}}	Ballot measures	{{sbm stub}}	{{sbm writer}}	{{sbm badge}}	Sbm news	Here!
Law Project	{{wpl}}	Ballot measure law	{{law stub}}	{{Law Writer}}	{{law badge}}	Legal news	Here!
Recall project	{{wrecall}}	Recall	{{recall stub}}	{{Recall Writer}}	{{recall badge}}	Recall news	Here!
Local Ballot Measures	{{lbm}}	Local ballot measures	{{lbm stub}}	{{LBM Writer}}	{{lbm badge}}	Lbm news	Here!
School Bond and Tax Elections	{{wschools}}	School bond and tax elections	{{school stub}}	{{School Writer}}	{{school badge}}	School news	Here!
International	{{ibm}}	International ballot measures	{{ibm stub}}	{{International reporter}}	{{ibm badge}}	Int'l news	Here!
WikiProject History	{{whistory}}	-	{{history stub}}	{{History Writer}}	{{history badge}}	-	Here!
Political Topics	{{wpi}}	-	{{issue stub}}	{{Issues Writer}}	{{issues badge}}	-	Here!
Bonds	{{wbonds}}	-	{{bond stub}}	{{Bonds Writer}}	{{bonds badge}}	-	Here!
Activists, donors and organizations	{{wado}}	-	{{pod stub}}	{{ADO Writer}}	{{pod badge}}	-	Here!
State Constitutions	{{cons}}	-	{{cons stub}}	{{Constitution Writer}}	{{Cons badge}}	-	Here!
Original Content	{{woc}}	-	-	{{Original Writer}}	{{Original badge}}	-	-
Campaign Finance	{{wfinance}}	Campaign finance	{{finance stub}}	{{Finance Writer}}	{{Finance badge}}	-	Here!
WikiProject News	{{wn}}	State political news	-	{{News Writer}}	{{News badge}}	Desks by project	-
Elections	{{welec}}	Elections	{{election stub}}	{{Election reporter}}	{{Election badge}}	Desks by project	Here!
Redistricting	{{wrd}}	Redistricting	{{rd stub}}	{{rd writer}}	{{rd badge}}	Rd news	Here!

State executive branch offices

Project	Identifier	Portal	Stub	User badge	Project badge	News desk	Improvement
State Governments	{{wso}}	-	-	{{State Gov't Archivist}}	-	-	-
State Officials	{{wso}}	State Executives	{{Seo stub}}	{{State Official Writer}}	{{seo badge}}	SEO news	Here!
State Constitutions	{{cons}}	-	{{cons stub}}	{{Constitution Writer}}	{{Cons badge}}	-	Here!
Original Content	{{woc}}	-	-	{{Original Writer}}	{{Original badge}}	-	-
Campaign Finance	{{wfinance}}	Campaign finance	{{finance stub}}	{{Finance Writer}}	{{Finance badge}}	-	Here!
WikiProject News	{{wn}}	State political news	-	{{News Writer}}	{{News badge}}	Desks by project	-
Elections	{{welec}}	Elections	{{election stub}}	{{Election reporter}}	{{Election badge}}	Desks by project	Here!

Note: In 2011, the Governors/Lt. Govs, State Attorneys General, and Secretaries of State projects were reorganized and placed under the larger State Executive Officials project.

State legislatures

Project	Identifier	Portal	Stub	User badge	Project badge	News desk	Improvement
State Legislatures	{{slp}}	State legislatures		{{Legislatures Writer}}		State Leg news	Here!
Activists, donors and organizations	{{wado}}	-	{{pod stub}}	{{ADO Writer}}	{{pod badge}}	-	Here!
State Constitutions	{{cons}}	-	{{cons stub}}	{{Constitution Writer}}	{{Cons badge}}	-	Here!
Original Content	{{woc}}	-	-	{{Original Writer}}	{{Original badge}}	-	-
Campaign Finance	{{wfinance}}	Campaign finance	{{finance stub}}	{{Finance Writer}}	{{Finance badge}}	-	Here!
WikiProject News	{{wn}}	State political news	-	{{News Writer}}	{{News badge}}	Desks by project	-
Elections	{{welec}}	Elections	{{election stub}}	{{Election reporter}}	{{Election badge}}	Desks by project	Here!
Redistricting	{{wrd}}	Redistricting	{{rd stub}}	{{rd writer}}	{{rd badge}}	Rd news	Here!

Federal offices

Project	Identifier	Portal	Stub	User badge	Project badge	News desk	Improvement
Congress	{{cong}}	Congress	{{cong stub}}	{{Congress Writer}}	{{cong badge}}	Cong news	Here!
State Constitutions	{{cons}}	-	{{cons stub}}	{{Constitution Writer}}	{{Cons badge}}	-	Here!
Original Content	{{woc}}	-	-	{{Original Writer}}	{{Original badge}}	-	-
Campaign Finance	{{wfinance}}	Campaign finance	{{finance stub}}	{{Finance Writer}}	{{Finance badge}}	-	Here!
WikiProject News	{{wn}}	State political news	-	{{News Writer}}	{{News badge}}	Desks by project	-
Elections	{{welec}}	Elections	{{election stub}}	{{Election reporter}}	{{Election badge}}	Desks by project	Here!
Redistricting	{{wrd}}	Redistricting	{{rd stub}}	{{rd writer}}	{{rd badge}}	Rd news	Here!

Interstate compacts

Project	Identifier	Portal	Stub	User badge	Project badge	News desk	Improvement
Interstate Compacts	{{wic}}	Interstate Compacts	{{ic stub}}	{{ic writer}}	{{ic badge}}	IC News	Here!
WikiProject News	{{wn}}	State political news	-	{{News Writer}}	{{News badge}}	Desks by project	-

Mixed/multiple

Project	Identifier	Portal	Stub	User badge	Project badge	News desk	Improvement
Political Journalism	{{wmedia}}	-	{{media stub}}	=	{{media badge}}	-	-
The BP Review	{{wreview}}	-	-	{{BP Review Participant}}	-	-	-
Activists, donors and organizations	{{wado}}	-	{{pod stub}}	{{ADO Writer}}	{{pod badge}}	-	Here!
State Constitutions	{{cons}}	-	{{cons stub}}	{{Constitution Writer}}	{{Cons badge}}	-	Here!
Original Content	{{woc}}	-	-	{{Original Writer}}	{{Original badge}}	-	-
Campaign Finance	{{wfinance}}	Campaign finance	{{finance stub}}	{{Finance Writer}}	{{Finance badge}}	-	Here!
WikiProject News	{{wn}}	State political news	-	{{News Writer}}	{{News badge}}	Desks by project	-
Elections	{{welec}}	Elections	{{election stub}}	{{Election reporter}}	{{Election badge}}	Desks by project	Here!
Redistricting	{{wrd}}	Redistricting	{{rd stub}}	{{rd writer}}	{{rd badge}}	Rd news	Here!

Community, maintenance, clean-up

Project	Identifying template	User badge	Project badge
WikiProject Community	{{wcomm}}	{{User Community}}	{{comm badge}}
WikiProject Help	{{whelp}}	{{User Help}}	{{help badge}}
WikiProject Images	{{wimages}}	{{User Images}}	{{image badge}}
WikiProject Templates	{{wtemp}}	{{User Temps}}	{{temps badge}}
Maintenance and Organization	{{wmo}}	{{Maintenance department}}	{{wmo badge}}
No Identifiable Category	{{Talk undefined}}	-	-

State-specific projects

See also: Ballotpedia:WikiProject State Ballot Measures/States and Ballotpedia:WikiProject user templates

WikiProject Alabama WikiProject Alaska WikiProject Arizona WikiProject Arkansas WikiProject California WikiProject Colorado WikiProject Connecticut WikiProject Delaware WikiProject D.C. WikiProject Florida WikiProject Georgia

WikiProject Hawaii WikiProject Idaho WikiProject Illinois WikiProject Indiana WikiProject Iowa WikiProject Kansas WikiProject Kentucky WikiProject Louisiana WikiProject Maine WikiProject Maryland

WikiProject Massachusetts WikiProject Michigan WikiProject Minnesota WikiProject Mississippi WikiProject Missouri WikiProject Montana WikiProject Nebraska WikiProject Nevada WikiProject New Hampshire WikiProject New Jersey

WikiProject New Mexico WikiProject New York WikiProject North Carolina WikiProject North Dakota WikiProject Ohio WikiProject Oklahoma WikiProject Oregon WikiProject Pennsylvania WikiProject Rhode Island WikiProject South Carolina

WikiProject South Dakota WikiProject Tennessee WikiProject Texas WikiProject Utah WikiProject Vermont WikiProject Virginia WikiProject Washington WikiProject West Virginia WikiProject Wisconsin WikiProject Wyoming

State templates

Note that the talk page project template for all states is the zip code of the state, with the exception of Tennessee, where it is {{tenn}}.

Alabama: {{al}} Alaska: {{ak}} Arizona: {{ar}} Arkansas: {{ak}} California: {{ca}} Colorado: {{co}} Connecticut: {{ct}} Delaware: {{de}} DC Florida: {{fl}} Georgia: {{ga}}

Hawaii: {{hi}} Idaho: {{id}} Illinois: {{il}} Indiana: {{in}} Iowa: {{ia}} Kansas: {{ks}} Kentucky: {{ky}} Louisiana: {{la}} Maine: {{me}} Maryland: {{md}}

Massachusetts: {{ma}} Michigan: {{mi}} Minnesota: {{mn}} Mississippi: {{ms}} Missouri: {{mo}} Montana: {{mt}} Nebraska: {{ne}} Nevada: {{nv}} New Hampshire: {{nh}} New Jersey: {{nj}}

New Mexico: {{nm}} New York: {{ny}} North Carolina: {{nc}} North Dakota: {{nd}} Ohio: {{oh}} Oklahoma: {{ok}} Oregon: {{or}} Pennsylvania: {{pa}} Rhode Island: {{ri}} South Carolina: {{sc}}

South Dakota: {{sd}} Tennessee: {{tenn}} Texas: {{tx}} Utah: {{ut}} Vermont: {{vt}} Virginia: {{va}} Washington: {{wa}} West Virginia: {{wv}} Wisconsin: {{wi}} Wyoming: {{wy}}

See also

• Ballotpedia:Projects for ideas on how to organize a project.
• Ballotpedia:Community for places to find others to help you with your projects.