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Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
Enter your address into Ballotpedia’s sample ballot lookup tool
and prepare to be informed.
The reality
When you sit down to research what’s on your ballot, we don’t believe you should have to open 30 different web pages from 20 different websites to find out what district you’re in, what races are up for election, who’s running, and what a “yes” vote on that ballot measure would really mean.
Ballotpedia provides all that information in one spot—so all that time you would otherwise spend searching for what’s on your ballot can instead be spent reading encyclopedic articles, analyzing the candidates’ views, and deciding how you should vote.
Candidates with context
A list of names can only take you so far. Ballotpedia’s sample ballot allows you to click through to our articles on each candidate and ballot measure, arming you with the information you need to cast an informed vote at the polls. From the presidential race to school board elections—and all the state ballot measures in between—our sample ballot pulls from over 15,000 candidates running in over 7,400 elections to show you what’s on the ballot for your registered address. Get details on the elections we cover for your area below.
What's included?
Features
| Ballotpedia’s sample ballot tool provides a voter guide with: | |
|---|---|
 | Gathers election information for all 50 states |
| Includes ballots for both primary and general elections |
| Includes comprehensive down-ballot coverage for the top 100 cities |
| Provides additional information for each candidate |
| Updates just days after each state’s filing deadlines |
| Displays all the districts associated with the entered address |
| Allows you to print your ballot (Mark it up and take it with you to the polls!) |
| Gives you the ability to share the tool with your social networks |
| Produces the polling hours for your state |
| Provides a link to get information about your polling place |
Elections included
Ballotpedia's sample ballot includes all federal and statewide candidates running in both primaries and general elections across the United States, all state ballot measures, as well as comprehensive local elections coverage for the top 100 cities by population.
- Presidential candidates
- Congressional candidates
- State legislative candidates
- State executive candidates
- Candidates for statewide courts
- Statewide ballot measures
- All candidates running in the top 100 cities by population
- Notable local ballot measures
Accuracy
A sample ballot tool is only as good as its accuracy. To guarantee that your sample ballot will match your actual ballot, our team performs a variety of tests for each state, including running a random assortment of different addresses and manually checking each result. We do not settle for anything less than 100 percent accuracy. If you see any issues with your results, please contact us!
Method
Ballotpedia's sample ballot tool pinpoints your address on a map to find which districts your home lies within. It then checks to see which elections are happening in those districts and pulls information from our database on all the candidates running in those elections, plus all the measures on the ballot in your state.
Ballotpedia has been compiling information about American elections for nearly 10 years. Our professional staff personally collects information from news articles, candidate websites, official state and local election websites, and organizations to maintain over 265,000 articles in our online encyclopedia.
Embed this tool on your site
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The future
This year, there will still be some offices on your ballot that we don’t have covered yet. (For example, small town mayors and sheriffs will not be included on our results.) There are over 507,000 officials in the United States, and we hope one day to cover them all.
About Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is the online encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Our goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government. We are firmly committed to neutrality; here's why. Ballotpedia's articles are currently 100 percent written by our professional staff.
Our mission
The mission of Ballotpedia is to empower our audience to engage in democracy by delivering exceptionally high quality information. We strive to equip our readers with the truth so it can be used in positive, powerful, and unforeseen ways. We believe informed voters are the foundation of democracy and that positive change starts with them. The online environment is an extraordinary opportunity to reach voters with comprehensive facts, information, and context.
Contact us
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