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Before you vote

See how every race on your ballot lines up with you.

React to 15 imagined headlines, look up your ballot, and see each candidate and measure scored against what you said matters, with the reasoning spelled out and sourced dossiers on the candidates and measures. Then print one page and take it into the booth.

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  • No account
  • Nothing stored on a server
  • No AI when you use it

Start with your address

We have ballots for Cobb County, GA; Wake County, NC; Summit County, OH; and Missoula County, MT so far. Check yours first, so you know your ballot is here before you take the quiz.

How it works

  1. 01
    React to 15 headlines

    Imagined news about wages, taxes, guns, schools, and more. Tap how each would make you feel, angry to thrilled. About two minutes, and nothing about candidates.

  2. 02
    Load your ballot

    Your address finds your county and districts, so only the races you can vote in stay on the list.

  3. 03
    Read, decide, print

    Each race starts on the choice that best matches you, with the reasoning and the research behind it. Change any pick, then print one page.

What you take to the polls

One line per race with your pick, and any note you added. Many polling places ask you to keep your phone away; a printed list goes into the booth with you.

My voting guideSample County · General Election · House 45 · Senate 32
Federal
U.S. Senate · Candidate A (D)
U.S. House District 6 · Candidate B (R)
State
Governor & Lt. Governor · Candidate B (R)
State Senate 32 · Candidate A (D) · ask about the school funding plan
State House 45 · Candidate A (R)
Judicial
Supreme Court · Candidate B
Court of Appeals · Candidate A
County
County Commission 2 · Candidate C (Ind.)
School Board Post 4 · Candidate A
Measures
Amendment 1 · Yes
Amendment 2 · No
Transit sales tax · Yes
Starting picks matched your quiz answers; every line is your own decision.

Illustration with made-up names. Yours lists your own races and picks.

Check our work

  • Arithmetic, not AI

    A score weighs your reactions against the values each office actually touches. Open any race to see every value it counted, which way each choice leans, and why.

  • Sourced and dated

    Dossiers are researched ahead of time with an AI research assistant, and every claim links to the page it came from, with the date. Where we have nothing on a candidate, the guide says so.

  • Your answers stay with you

    Answers, ballot, and picks live in your browser. No accounts, no analytics. Privacy and how this works

  • Nobody's campaign

    Not affiliated with any campaign, party, or organization. Scores are not endorsements; every line on the sheet is your decision.

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