Comment on How am I supposed to decide who to vote for in local elections?
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I cannot recommend this organization highly enough. They provide nonpartisan information on candidates in every state for every election.
Just checked this site out and it looks pretty superb on the surface. Each candidate has links to the sites and social media, their experiences and stances are aggregated there and there’s an option to contribute more information.
The true test will be to see how it handles extremely local candidates like the school board, which I struggled to find information on in the last election.
I’m not sure about school board because I don’t think we vote for those where I am. I know they reach out to candidates that don’t have easily found information and if the candidate doesn’t respond the organization says so. It’s really helpful for judges in particular because it lists all the ratings from various legal organizations.
I mean the school board is just citizens. So you’d have to like… Dig. Spokeo or a PI. Both cost money.
I’ve used vote411.org in the past and it’s done a decent enough job for me to double check local candidates and their policies ideas prior to elections. I’m willing to try others though. Any thoughts on vote411?
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This is a good one. I’ve also used ballotpedia. Typically I use multiple sources just by google/bing/ddg/etc searching to confirm information on the candidate. Worked extremely well last mayoral election.