Portfolio development
The BallotBox portfolio by development stage.
BallotBox combines public civic trust, professional political software, and civic-data infrastructure within one governed platform architecture.
Controlled beta
Controlled betaPublic Civic Trust
Controlled betaOne address in. One authoritative governance profile out.
MyVoteCounts is a Maryland-first civic-information experience designed to connect an address with applicable districts, jurisdictions, representatives, election resources, official links, and transparent data provenance.
For: Voters · Residents · Civic users · Researchers · Community organizations
Trust principles
- Nonpartisan
- Official-source first
- Privacy-minimized
- Fail-closed
- Accessible
- Purpose-separated from professional campaign operations
Availability
The current MyVoteCounts experience remains a private, unpublished, controlled Maryland beta.
In development
In developmentProfessional Software
In developmentProfessional political operations, built on trusted civic context.
BallotBox Pro is the planned professional platform for candidates, campaigns, parties, PACs, committees, civic organizations, and authorized political operators.
For: Candidates · Campaign teams · Parties · PACs · Committees · Political organizations
Product principles
- Purpose-separated professional workspace
- Tenant and role-aware architecture
- User-directed product transitions
Product development
BallotBox Pro is in active development, combining documented architecture, controlled demonstrations, and partial workspace components as the platform advances toward controlled product previews.
Professional Software
In developmentFrom considering a run to running with confidence.
A guided environment for candidate profiles, motivation and readiness reflection, preparation checklists, race context, milestones, and governed handoffs.
For: Prospective candidates · Filed candidates · Candidate-development organizations
Product principles
- Human-led candidate decisions
- Evidence-linked race context
- Structured professional readiness
Product development
Candidate Workspace is in development. Current work centers on candidate profiles, readiness, race context, milestones, knowledge support, and professional onboarding.
Professional Software
In developmentOne governed workspace for the race, the team, and the work.
A planned professional environment for campaign readiness, milestones, role-aware district intelligence, team coordination, and governed operational workflows.
For: Campaign managers · Candidates · Consultants · Authorized campaign teams
Product principles
- Role-aware operating workflows
- Aggregate and cited district intelligence
- Phased product expansion
Product development
Campaign Workspace is in development. Current work centers on district intelligence, readiness, team coordination, research, reporting, milestones, and AI-assisted preparation.
Planned platform
Planned platformProfessional Software
Planned platformSee every district. Support every campaign. Coordinate from one trusted view.
A planned multi-race workspace for party organizations, PACs, political committees, and authorized leadership teams.
For: State and local parties · Central committees · PACs · Political committees
Product principles
- Multi-race organizational visibility
- Role and permission architecture
- Maryland-first product development
Product development
Party, PAC and Committee Workspace is a planned platform. Product design is focused on multi-race coordination, district intelligence, leadership visibility, candidate support, and aggregate reporting.
Professional Software
Planned platformTurn civic intelligence into accountable organizational action.
A planned role-aware workspace for civic organizations, associations, advocacy organizations, and institutions.
For: Civic organizations · Associations · Advocacy groups · Research institutions
Product principles
- Purpose-led professional data
- Role-aware organizational access
- Documented public-source context
Product development
Organization Workspace is a planned platform. Product design is focused on shared civic context, research, team coordination, organizational priorities, and accountable reporting.
Civic Data Infrastructure
Planned platformFifty states. One national core. State-specific intelligence.
State Packs are the planned operating packages for state identity, election authorities, geography, offices, voting rules, calendars, sources, GIS, provenance, monitoring, and launch controls.
Infrastructure principles
- Canonical national core
- State and local adapters
- Versioned readiness manifests
- State-specific source operations
Infrastructure development
State Packs are planned infrastructure. Maryland serves as the first deep-validation environment for a national system built from one canonical core and 51 jurisdictional operating packages covering the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Civic Data Infrastructure
Planned platformThe assurance system is the product.
The planned assurance layer combines a source registry, civic ontology, normalization, versioned provenance, correction history, evaluation sets, freshness monitoring, and controlled publication.
Infrastructure principles
- Provenance across every layer
- Freshness and correction operations
- Evaluation before release
- Versioned accountability
Infrastructure development
Civic Assurance is planned infrastructure. Current work defines the source registry, provenance model, freshness operations, correction lifecycle, evaluation sets, version controls, and publication architecture.
Strategic initiative
Strategic initiativeProfessional Software
Strategic initiativeMatch willingness to serve with work that matters.
Proposed volunteer intake, skills, availability, governed assignment, and organizational coordination capabilities.
Product principles
- Human-directed assignments
- Purpose-led participation workflows
- Phased operational development
Product development
Volunteer Operations is a strategic initiative in product discovery and design, focused on participation pathways, team coordination, scheduling, and assignment workflows.
Civic Data Infrastructure
Strategic initiativeVerified civic context for every AI system that needs to get democracy right.
A proposed read-only Model Context Protocol server for source-cited, versioned, provenance-first civic context.
For: AI platforms · Developers · Civic organizations · Universities · Media · Public institutions
Infrastructure principles
- Read-only public civic context
- Deterministic civic tool design
- Source-visible responses
- Public and professional infrastructure separation
Infrastructure development
Civic Context MCP is a strategic initiative in design and specification. Current work centers on tool definitions, resource schemas, source policy, evaluation requirements, and future public distribution.
Civic Data Infrastructure
Strategic initiativeOne trusted interface to fragmented American civic data.
A proposed developer and enterprise interface for normalized civic context, sources, evidence labels, effective dates, and correction history.
Infrastructure principles
- Versioned civic contracts
- Inspectable source evidence
- Developer and institutional integration
- Shared canonical civic core
Infrastructure development
Civic Context API is a strategic initiative in architecture and specification. Current work centers on versioned contracts, canonical schemas, provenance-rich responses, and developer integration patterns.
