WeVote

WeVote is a nonprofit technology startup based in Oakland, California, that builds next-generation voting technology. Its principal product is a digital voter guide app designed to help voters understand what is on their ballot and decide in line with their values, drawing on input from friends and other trusted people. The stated goal is a complete voting experience, from downloading the app to finishing, in about eight minutes.

The organisation operates as two fully nonpartisan nonprofit entities, a 501(c)(3) and a 501(c)(4), and states that it has no political agenda. Everything it builds is released as open source. The work spans civic technology, mobile app development and digital voter guides, with an emphasis on serving busy voters for whom detailed research is impractical.

WeVote is 100% volunteer-powered: there is no salaried staff and no disclosed funding round. Contributors work on a mission-driven basis toward strengthening democracy, on the premise that wider access to reliable information benefits everyone. Those considering involvement should expect a nonprofit, volunteer structure rather than conventional employment.