Your whole ballot, explained.
Enter your address and a few things you care about. vote.help reads every race and measure on your exact ballot and explains it in plain language — and never tells you who to vote for.
The problem
That long ballot, and that quiet little dread.
You get to the booth, the top of the ballot makes sense, and then it keeps going — judges, commissioners, propositions written in a language nobody actually speaks. So you guess, or you skip it. That's not on you. Nobody handed you the homework.
The races nobody covers
Down-ballot races for judges, commissioners, and boards rarely make the news — so you meet most names for the first time on the ballot itself.
Propositions in legalese
Ballot measures are written by lawyers, for lawyers. A single sentence can run 80 words and still leave you unsure what a "yes" even means.
The guilt of skipping
Leaving a race blank feels like quitting — but voting blind feels worse. Most people just pick the familiar name and move on.
Your guide
Meet vote.help.
Think of us as the friend who actually read the whole thing — straight, both sides honest, so the decision stays yours.
Available in English and Español.
The path
How it works.
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Enter your address
We use it once to find the exact ballot you’ll see — nothing more.
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We research every race & measure on your ballot
About 30 seconds while we read the record on each one.
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Get your plain-language guide + printable cheat sheet
Everything explained, both sides fairly, so you can decide.
Your address is used once to find your ballot. We don't store it, don't sell it, and you never make an account.
The work
We do the homework. You just decide.
- Every down-ballot race — judges, commissioners, boards — explained in plain language.
- Judicial races, translated from the bench to your kitchen table.
- Ballot propositions rewritten so a "yes" and a "no" are actually clear.
- Every candidate gets the same treatment — same questions, same depth.
The difference
The same ballot — in language you actually speak.
Proposition 1 — Disaster tax relief
Lets lawmakers temporarily lower property taxes on homes and buildings damaged in a declared disaster.
Your guide, sampled
A guide that finally makes sense — and it’s yours.
What the record shows
Twelve years on the trial bench; campaign focuses on case backlog and pretrial reform.
Former prosecutor; campaign emphasizes victims’ rights and sentencing consistency.
The return
Walk in knowing. Cheat sheet in hand.
Print it, fold it, take it in. No more guessing, no more skipping that quiet little dread. You came in unsure and walk out a voter who knows exactly why.
Works on any device. No app download.
Why you can trust it
You decide. We just make your ballot make sense.
vote.help explains the exact ballot you'll see — every race, every candidate, every measure — in plain language, with balanced write-ups for each. We never tell you who to vote for. We never rank, recommend, or score candidates. That's your decision; ours is to make it an informed one.
Built from the record, not opinion
Our AI writes from a ranked hierarchy of official and verified sources — election offices, candidate filings, public records, nonpartisan reporting — not from the open internet and not from anyone's politics.
Audited for bias by four independent AIs
Every guide is automatically checked by four separate AI systems for partisan slant and loaded language.
Reviewed by the League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters — nonpartisan since 1920 — reviews vote.help's methodology and content for accuracy and fairness. The League does not endorse candidates, parties, or any vote.help guide's conclusions, and neither do we.
How we stay nonpartisan
- We explain — we never endorse.
- Every candidate gets the same treatment.
- We write from sources, not slant.
- Bias is checked twice — by machine and by people.
AI-generated and can contain errors — always verify against your official sample ballot. See our methodology.
Questions
Questions.
Is it really free?
Yes. vote.help is free to use, with no account and no paywall.
Do you sell or store my address?
No. Your address is used once to find your ballot, then discarded. We don't store it, we don't sell it, and you never create an account.
Who's behind this?
vote.help was built by Joshua Baer, Founder & CEO of Capital Factory; operated by Capital Thought, LLC.
Will it tell me who to vote for?
No. We explain every option fairly. The decision is always yours.
Is it really nonpartisan?
Yes. We never rank, recommend, or score candidates, every candidate gets the same treatment, and every guide is checked for bias by four independent AIs and reviewed by the League of Women Voters.
Is it available in Spanish?
Yes — use the Español toggle at the top of any page.
Walk in knowing.
Free, nonpartisan, no account — just your ballot, explained.