aid: democracy-works
name: Democracy Works
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/democracy-works/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
kind: contract
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  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
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  generated: '2026-08-28'
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  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
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x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-25
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tags:
- Civic Tech
- Elections
- Government
- Non-Profit
- Voter Information
- Voting
tags_raw:
- Civic Tech
- Elections
- Government
- Nonprofit
- Voter Information
- Voting
created: '2024-03-30'
modified: '2026-09-07'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
description: Democracy Works is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) civic technology nonprofit, founded in 2010, that
  provides Americans with the guidance they need to vote in every election. Its Elections API delivers
  comprehensive federal, state, county and municipal election data — dates, deadlines, registration and
  voting methods, contests, candidates, ballot measures, endorsements and polling locations — keyed to
  Open Civic Data IDs and used by search, social and AI platforms including TikTok, Meta, Perplexity and
  Anthropic. It also runs TurboVote and co-runs the Voting Information Project with 40+ states.
apis:
- aid: democracy-works:democracy-works-authorities-api
  name: Democracy Works Authorities API
  description: The Authorities API from Democracy Works — 3 operation(s) for authorities.
  humanURL: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  baseURL: https://api.democracy.works/v2
  tags:
  - Authorities
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    url: openapi/democracy-works-authorities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/democracy-works-authorities-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/democracy-works-elections-api-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/democracy-works-election-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/democracy-works-authority-schema.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/democracy-works-authorities-api.postman_collection.json
  image: >-
    https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json-icons/democracy-works-elections-api-democracy-works-election-data.png
- aid: democracy-works:democracy-works-elections-api
  name: Democracy Works Elections API
  description: The Elections API from Democracy Works — 1 operation(s) for elections.
  humanURL: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  baseURL: https://api.democracy.works/v2
  tags:
  - Elections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/democracy-works-elections-api-openapi.yml
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    url: overlays/democracy-works-elections-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/democracy-works-elections-api-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/democracy-works-election-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/democracy-works-authority-schema.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/democracy-works-elections-api.postman_collection.json
  image: >-
    https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json-icons/democracy-works-elections-api-democracy-works-election-data.png
- aid: democracy-works:democracy-works-exports-api
  name: Democracy Works Exports API
  description: The Exports API from Democracy Works — 1 operation(s) for exports.
  humanURL: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  baseURL: https://api.democracy.works/v2
  tags:
  - Export
  tags_raw:
  - Exports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/democracy-works-exports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/democracy-works-exports-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/democracy-works-elections-api-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/democracy-works-election-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/democracy-works-authority-schema.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/democracy-works-exports-api.postman_collection.json
  image: >-
    https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json-icons/democracy-works-elections-api-democracy-works-election-data.png
- aid: democracy-works:democracy-works-ballot-measures-api
  name: Democracy Works Ballot Measures API
  description: >-
    The Ballot Measures API from Democracy Works — 1 operation retrieving a single ballot measure by id,
    with its ballot question, summary, yes/no framing, topics, status and endorsement counts. Sourced
    from Ballotpedia.
  humanURL: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  baseURL: https://api.democracy.works/v2
  tags:
  - Ballot Measures
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/democracy-works-ballot-measures-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/democracy-works-ballot-measures-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  image: >-
    https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json-icons/democracy-works-elections-api-democracy-works-election-data.png
- aid: democracy-works:democracy-works-candidates-api
  name: Democracy Works Candidates API
  description: >-
    The Candidates API from Democracy Works — 1 operation retrieving a single candidate by id, with party
    affiliation, incumbency, write-in status, running mate, ranked-choice round and Ballotpedia link.
  humanURL: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  baseURL: https://api.democracy.works/v2
  tags:
  - Candidates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/democracy-works-candidates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/democracy-works-candidates-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  image: >-
    https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json-icons/democracy-works-elections-api-democracy-works-election-data.png
- aid: democracy-works:democracy-works-contests-api
  name: Democracy Works Contests API
  description: >-
    The Contests API from Democracy Works — 1 operation retrieving a single contest by id, with its candidate
    list, seats up for election, ranked-choice rules, partisan-primary rules and cancellation status.
  humanURL: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  baseURL: https://api.democracy.works/v2
  tags:
  - Contests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/democracy-works-contests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/democracy-works-contests-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  image: >-
    https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json-icons/democracy-works-elections-api-democracy-works-election-data.png
- aid: democracy-works:democracy-works-endorsements-api
  name: Democracy Works Endorsements API
  description: >-
    The Endorsements API from Democracy Works — 2 operations: one endorsement by id, and endorsements
    in bulk for a candidate id or a ballot-measure id. Every endorsement carries the endorsing organization
    and its source.
  humanURL: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  baseURL: https://api.democracy.works/v2
  tags:
  - Endorsements
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/democracy-works-endorsements-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/democracy-works-endorsements-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: APIReference
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  image: >-
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- aid: democracy-works:democracy-works-voting-locations-api
  name: Democracy Works Voting Locations API
  description: >-
    The Voting Locations API from Democracy Works — 1 operation returning polling places, early-voting
    sites and ballot drop boxes for a street address, with hours, open/close dates, coordinates, source
    attribution and the normalized address the service resolved.
  humanURL: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  baseURL: https://api.democracy.works/v2
  tags:
  - Voting Locations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/democracy-works-voting-locations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/democracy-works-voting-locations-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  - type: APIReference
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  image: >-
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- aid: democracy-works:democracy-works-election-authorities-api
  name: Democracy Works Election Authorities API
  description: >-
    The Election Authorities API from Democracy Works — 2 operation(s) for election authorities.
  humanURL: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
  baseURL: https://api.democracy.works/v2
  tags:
  - Election Authorities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/democracy-works-election-authorities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v1
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v1
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/democracy-works-capability-edges.yml
  name: Democracy Works Business Capability Map
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/democracy-works-finops.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/democracy-works-elections-v1-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/democracy-works-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/democracy-works-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/democracyworks
- type: Website
  url: https://www.democracy.works
- type: Portal
  url: https://data.democracy.works
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/democracyworks
- type: MailingList
  url: https://groups.google.com/a/democracy.works/g/democracy-works-data
- type: Contact
  url: mailto:partnerships@democracy.works
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/democracy-works-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
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- url: https://www.democracy.works/news
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- type: DeveloperPortal
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- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.democracy.works
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.democracy.works/privacy
- type: Support
  url: https://www.democracy.works/contact
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/democracy-works-llms.txt
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/democracy-works-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/democracy-works-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
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- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/democracy-works-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
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- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/democracy-works-conformance.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/democracy-works-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/democracy-works-rate-limits.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/democracy-works-sandbox.yml
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
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