An API for retrieving locally-relevant structured data about US elections.
This API was originally created for ACLU Voter and was subsequently used by Vote Smart Justice. Is currently used by scorecards.
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
Related private ACLU repositories:
- Census TIGER/Line
- The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania
- @unitedstates
- Ballotpedia (not available for public release)