/elections-api

An API for retrieving locally-relevant structured data about US elections

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elections-api

An API for retrieving locally-relevant structured data about US elections.

Origins

This API was originally created for ACLU Voter and was subsequently used by Vote Smart Justice.

Calling the API

The pip (point-in-polygon) endpoint provides most of the details available from the API.

$ curl -s 'https://elections.api.aclu.org/v2/pip?lat=40.7023699&lng=-74.012632' | python -mjson.tool

Output: example-output.json Documentation: API endpoints

Documentation

See also

Related private ACLU repositories:

Data sources