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What's new
- Race pages work better on a phone: the Choose buttons and the section name stay at the top as you scroll, and each candidate has its own clear label and colour.
- The money view is simpler: a colour key, the small and large donor totals, and the top named groups where we have them.
- Choose and Skip work again on federal races when you reach them from your ballot.
- Free pages no longer show buttons that do nothing.
- The Dallas County and Pine County sample ballots now show background facts for more candidates, including all the Dallas judges.
- The Harris County sample ballot now shows background facts for every candidate, including all the judges.
- Fixed a rare problem where typing your address could hang instead of falling back to the standard ballot lookup.
- Dallas County now has a sample ballot, with race pages that load just like Harris County.
- Public race pages now load only the overview. The detailed research no longer goes to your browser.
- Public race pages no longer have "see more" buttons or a Side by side button.
- The next-day page now says how much it costs to get your ballot sooner: $4–$30, depending on how long your ballot is.
- In Wisconsin and parts of Florida (Charlotte, Manatee, Polk and Marion counties), you can now type your address to pull your sample ballot.
- Race cards are shorter, with the same rows in the same order. See a small chart of who pays and how lawmakers voted on top issues.
- On the print page, the support card is now right below the first line. It says "People keep it going".
- Try a sample ballot free: see a real ballot before you buy.
- It is a real Pine City, MN sample ballot, with no address, no upload and no payment.
- Each race now shows who pays for the candidates first, then what they've done, side by side on one screen.
- Candidates without names showing now appear in a mixed order, so the order gives nothing away.
- See every dataset side by side now shows two real columns.
- Clearer ballot upload progress, including a note during longer waits.
- Find your sample ballot in Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, Utah and Wisconsin.
- Sample ballot links for 65 more Ohio counties and 13 more New Jersey counties.
- Checking your address now shows about how long it will take.
- Checked sample ballot links for 14 more counties, including Philadelphia and parts of Florida and Iowa.
- Clearer sample ballot steps for several Ohio counties.
- Find your sample ballot in Delaware and Louisiana, and your voters’ guide in Washington.
- Your printout and ballot list now show every pick the same way.
- Choose a candidate right from the side-by-side view.
- Added ballot links for Ottawa County, MI and Middlesex and Passaic counties, NJ.
- Added this What's new page, linked from the menu and footer.
- Find us on social media from the footer, now easier to read.
- The phone menu bar now shows on the home page too.
- Added ballot links for Hamilton County, TN and Bexar County, TX.
- Voters now go straight to their official sample ballot.
- Made ballot research more reliable when many people use it at once.
- Fixed a bug that hid candidate backgrounds when new positions were added.
- Fixed missing saved research in candidate details and side-by-side comparisons.
- Kept your emailed and printed picks aligned with your ballot.
- See clearer research time estimates and how to get help.
- Read candidate research grouped by background, positions, campaign money, and votes.
- Review Congress races first, then print your picks in official ballot order.
- Skip races with just one candidate to move through your ballot faster.
- Review, print, or email your picks in a step-by-step finish.
- Explore the new eagle sticker store and take a little voting joy home.
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- Find checked sample ballot links for your county where available.
- Improved candidate counting on uploaded ballots so fewer names get missed.
- Research state and local candidates and ballot measures from your sample ballot.
- Share research with neighbors who have the same ballot, keeping your picks private.
- Watch an eagle grow as you work through your full ballot.
- See candidate photos after choosing to reveal names.
- Read sourced background facts on Congress candidates.
- Choose any two candidates to compare side by side.
- Moved explanations of each office higher on race pages, based on feedback.
- Check a source link for every candidate research fact.
- Fixed the print page to respect your email signup choice.
- Email settings links now send right after you ask for them.
- Double-checked candidate lists in D.C., Delaware, and North Dakota.
- Manage your email choices on one simple page.
- Checked candidate backgrounds and photo sources across more states.
- Checked New Jersey's Congress candidate list against official election records.
- Review your picks on a clearer print page.
- Fixed phone address selection so a tap chooses the right result.
- Added privacy protections that clear saved choices after 15 idle minutes.
- Emailed guides now include skipped races and clearly marked gaps.
- Get a welcome email as soon as you sign up for updates.
- Outdated shared short links now take you home instead of showing an error.
- Email your picks with a printable copy attached.
- See all named groups funding campaigns, not just the five largest.
- Removed duplicate candidate listings and primary losers from search results.
- Fixed delivery of your emailed ballot copy.
- Check how members of Congress voted and who funded their campaigns.
- Compare candidates with names and parties hidden until you choose to reveal them.
- Pick candidates, then print a list to take to the voting booth.