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Ballotpedia is a nonpartisan political website. Published in a wiki-style encyclopedic format, all content is fact-checked by an editorial team. Ballotpedia covers U.S. Congress, state executive officials, state legislatures, recall elections, state and local ballot measures, and school board elections. Ballotpedia and its sister site Judgepedia are both sponsored by the Lucy Burns Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. As of 2014, Ballotpedia employees 34 writers and researchers.

Purpose

Ballotpedia's stated purpose is "to connect people to politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at the local, state, and federal level." The website "provides information on initiative supporters and opponents, financial reports, litigation news, status updates, poll numbers, and more." It is a "community-contributed web site, modeled after Misplaced Pages" and "contains volumes of information about initiatives, referenda, and recalls."

In 2008, InfoWorld called Ballotpedia one of the "Top 20 Election Day Web sites and online tools."

According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, "Ballotpedia is a nonprofit wiki encyclopedia that uses nonpartisan collaboration to gather political info for sharing."

History

Ballotpedia was founded by the Citizens In Charge Foundation in 2007. Ballotpedia was sponsored by the Sam Adams Alliance in 2008, along with Judgepedia and Sunshine Review. In 2009, sponsorship of Ballotpedia was transferred to the Lucy Burns Institute, "a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that promotes education about local government."

On July 9, 2013, Sunshine Review was acquired by the Lucy Burns Institute and merged into Ballotpedia.

In the news

Ballotpedia's work has been mentioned in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and Politico.

See also

• Judgepedia
• Lucy Burns Institute

References

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3. Sanders, Rebekah (July 1, 2014). "Arizona's District 7 hopefuls discuss voter turnout". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
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10. Dewan, Shaila (November 5, 2014). "Higher Minimum Wage Passes in 4 States; Florida Defeats Marijuana Measure". New York Times. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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16. McGraw, Carol (2013-10-14). "Amendment 66 deemed a big issue nationally". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
17. ^ Roberts, Joni; Drost, Carol; Hoover, Steven. "Ballotpedia Internet Review". Association of College & Research Libraries. American Library Association. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
18. Spillman, Benjamin (2013-07-29). "Cost to appeal Las Vegas Planning Commission decision called prohibitive". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
19. http://ballotpedia.org/index.php/Portal:Sunshine_Review
20. Simon, Jeff (February 3, 2014). "Lost your bid to be an 'American Idol'? Try Congress. It's easier". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
21. Moore, Stephen (November 5, 2013). "Ten Election Day Ballot Measures". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
22. Mahtesian, Charles (August 8, 2012). "A rough night for incumbents". Politico. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

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