Experimental Draft for review ← All tools
Vote by your values, not by the ads.
Write down what matters to you, in your own words. Then a research assistant checks every race on your real ballot against those stances and builds a sourced guide you can print and take with you.
How it works
- Write your stances on this page. Skip any issue you like. Add your own.
- Download your progress file. It holds your stances and ground rules.
- Run the guide builder in your AI assistant app. Upload your progress file, and it skips straight to your ballot.
- Print your guide. Most states allow paper notes at the polls but not phones. Check your state's rule first.
Need to know where or when to vote? Ask your county election office or your state's secretary of state. They are the official source.
Step 1 — Your stances
Your answers save in this browser as you type. Use "Clear my answers" on a shared computer.
Issues
For each issue, write your view in a sentence or two, then pick how much it matters to your vote. VH = very high, H = high, M = medium, L = low. Pick Skip to leave it out.
Ground rules
Step 2 — Build your guide
The guide builder is a "skill": a set of instructions you add to your AI assistant app. It works on free plans. Free plans have a usage limit that resets every few hours, so plan for a few sittings, and start at least a week before Election Day if you can.
See a sample
A practice run on a real ballot (Johnson County, Tennessee) with a made-up voter and made-up stances. It shows the format: matches, conflicts, unknowns, sources, and room for notes.
Note: the sample guide is made for printing. It doesn't fit well on a smartphone screen; use a computer or tablet to view it.