View your ballot. Learn from friends. Share your vision.
What is WeVote?
WeVote is a nonprofit technology startup, creating a digital voter guide informed by issues you care about, and people you trust. Through our nonpartisan, open source platform, we’ll help you become a better voter, up and down the ballot.
How does WeVote help voters?
WeVote is where you view your ballot, see endorsements from your network for all candidates and measures, and collaborate with folks who share your values.
Who’s behind WeVote?
WeVote is a collaboration between two nonprofits www.WeVoteEducation.org– 501(c)(3) FEIN 47-2691544 and WeVoteUSA.org– 501(c)(4) FEIN 81-1052585, both based in Oakland, CA. We do not support or oppose any political candidate or party. We are not affiliated with WeVoteProject.org or WeVoteUSA.com.
No really, who are you?
We are volunteers from across the country, in over 22 states. See our volunteer openings here, and join us! We use our engineering, design, marketing, and other skills to build WeVote. We are over 400 people (60+ active) who have donated 20,000+ volunteer hours, including 100+ contributors on GitHub.We also have volunteer board members.
How can I contact WeVote?
Please feel free to reach out to us with questions via our Contact Us form. Our mailing address is:
WeVote
1423 Broadway PMB 158
Oakland, CA 94612
How does WeVote work?
Follow people and groups you trust to get info on candidates and ballot measures. Ask your friends what they think. Then take WeVote with you to the polls for an easy-to-use cheat sheet.
Is this an app or a website?
We have a mobile-ready website, as well as iPhone and Android apps. We are free and open source: https://github.com/WeVote
So who should I vote for?
That’s up to you.
Wait, what?
WeVote does not endorse any candidate or party. Our job is to help you make your own decisions, with help from your friends and trusted network.
How does WeVote help nonprofits?
We provide a free place where organizations can share and promote their voter guides, including endorsements of candidates and ballot measures, and connect to constituents.
Will you sell my email address?
Not a chance. WeVote will not sell your email address or any other individually identifiable information. (We don’t want our email addresses sold either!) We may sell aggregated data.
What does WeVote cost?
It’s free! If you like WeVote, please donate monthly so we can help more voters.
How do you make money?
Like most nonprofits, we take in donations from individuals and foundations.
How will you use my donation?
Expenses include server costs ($600 – $2,500 per month), data fees (~$40,000 per year), collaboration tools and other hard costs. In the future, we might hire some key staff with donations, for the smooth operation of WeVote.
How will you handle trolls?
Unless your name is J.R.R. Tolkien, we know how much you hate trolls. That’s why on WeVote you mainly hear from people and organizations that you Friend or Follow. WeVote reduces the noise from people with radically different values.
What’s next for WeVote?
Better tools to let organizations promote their voter guides and poll their members. Tools to let candidates ask for help from their supporters.
Sounds great! How can I help?
We couldn’t do what we do without volunteers and donors. Please sign up to volunteer and donate $5 monthly.