Ballotpedia:Portals
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A portal on Ballotpedia is two things:
- A page that introduces the reader to a collection of similarly-themed content on Ballotpedia.
- All the articles and content on Ballotpedia that are thematically-related.
For example, Energy Policy is both the front page of the energy policy portal and is also the word used to describe the collection of articles related to energy policy on Ballotpedia.
What distinguishes a portal from other pages
Most articles on Ballotpedia are either "content" pages in the main encyclopedia or else they are pages that talk in one way or another about how to edit pages, connect with other users, and so on.
A portal page, by contrast, groups both types of content onto one page. The main page of a portal, typically, will contain news items about the subject matter of the portal, links to featured and important content articles within the portal and will also contain information about how a writer and user of Ballotpedia can help add to that portal. This might include links to articles in the portal that need expansion and ideas for new articles.
The portal page may also have a project page associated with it that includes more information on how to build that section of the encyclopedia. A portal page will usually also have information on it about how to get involved with Ballotpedia's community of users and editors.
List of portals
- Main page: Ballotpedia:Project Directory
- Recall overview
- Interstate Compacts project
- Redistricting Policy
- State executive officials
- International Ballot Measures project
- Municipal Government
- School Boards and School Board Elections
- Energy Policy/Fracking
- Pension Policy
- Education Policy
- Election Policy
- Template:Portals badge
- Environmental Policy
- Judicial elections
- Civil Liberties Policy
- Energy Policy
- Endangered Species Policy
- Healthcare Policy
- Campaign Finance Policy
- Voting Policy
- Ballot Access
- Fact check
- Presidential Elections
- Sunshine Review
- State courts
- Elections
- State Legislatures
- Legislative Branch
- Local Courts
- Judicial Branch
- Executive Branch
- Ballot Measures overview
- Budget Policy
- Immigration Policy
- Finance Policy
- Fact check archive
- Local Politics
- Federal Politics
- State Politics
- Public Policy
- State oil and gas activity on federal lands information
- State ballot access pages
- State ballot access regulations for presidential candidates
- State energy policy pages, 2015-2017
- Trial courts and judges
- Education policy by state
- Healthcare policy by state
- Charter schools in the United States
- Effect of the Affordable Care Act in the states
- Electoral systems by state
- Endangered species information by state
- Federal land policy in the states
- Historical public education information
- School Bond and Tax Elections
- State higher education portal
- State public pension plans
- State Tax Policy
- Medicaid spending by state
- State affirmative action information
- School choice information by state
- State budget and finance pages
- State debt pages
- State nonprofit regulation information
- State public education information
- About Fact Check by Ballotpedia
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Maryland
- Colorado
- Iowa
- Utah
- Arkansas
- California
- New York
- West Virginia
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- Oklahoma
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Minnesota
- Alabama
- Delaware
- Mississippi
- Massachusetts
- Oregon
- North Carolina
- Kansas
- North Dakota
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Indiana
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- U.S. Territories
- Maine
- Hawaii
- Washington
- Misconduct in American politics (2023-2024)
- Endorsers
- Misconduct in American politics (2025-2026)
Keeping track of portals
To keep track of portal pages on Ballotpedia, please add a category tag Category:Portals on any newly created portal pages.
See also
- Ballotpedia:Project Directory for a list of all Ballotpedia projects
