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Election data for 5M voters

BallotReady is a nonpartisan voter guide used by more than 5 million people in 2020, and by brands like Snapchat, TikTok and the Miami Heat. Its data had to say exactly where and when people could vote.

Role: Elections intern, data team
Product: Voter guide
Timeline: Fall 2020
Links: BallotReady (external link)

Fig. 1Hundreds of local sources, one verified dataset, more than 5 million voters.

01Context

Every local election office publishes voting locations and hours its own way. A voter guide has to turn all of it into one dataset people can trust.

02Approach

Verification of hundreds of early voting, absentee and polling place locations and hours for the 2020 general election.
Charts for BallotReady’s reporting: top issues by state, what’s on the ballot, and how people could vote.

Map of candidates per seat by US state — Fig. 2The topline: 97,475 candidates for 71,210 seats, mapped as candidates per seat in each state.

Animated sequence of US maps, one per ballot issue — Fig. 3Then one map per issue: education, criminal justice, the environment, healthcare, fair elections, uncontested races and third parties.

Maps comparing top state issues in 2018 and 2020 — Fig. 4Top issues by state, 2018 vs 2020.

Chart of early voting, drop-off and election day locations by day — Fig. 5Every early voting, drop-off and election day location, day by day.

03Outcome

5M+voters used the guide in 2020

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