Ballotpedia
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Owner | Lucy Burns Institute |
| Slogan(s) | The Encyclopedia of American Politics |
| Website | ballotpedia |
| Alexa rank |
 2,849 (November 2016[update]) |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | May 30, 2007 |
| Current status | Active |
Ballotpedia is a nonpartisan online political encyclopedia. Founded in 2007, it covers American federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy. Ballotpedia is sponsored by the Lucy Burns Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Middleton, Wisconsin. As of 2014, Ballotpedia employed 34 writers and researchers; the website said it had an editorial staff of over 50 in 2016.
In 2008, InfoWorld called Ballotpedia one of the "Top 20 Election Day Web sites and online tools."
Ballotpedia was founded by the Citizens in Charge Foundation in 2007. Ballotpedia was sponsored by the Sam Adams Alliance in 2008, along with Judgepedia and Sunshine Review. In 2009, their sponsorship was transferred to the nonprofit Lucy Burns Institute, based in Middleton, Wisconsin.
On July 9, 2013, Sunshine Review was acquired by the Lucy Burns Institute and merged into Ballotpedia. Judgepedia was merged into Ballotpedia in March 2015.
Judgepedia was an online -style encyclopedia covering the American legal system. In 2015, all content from Judgepedia was merged into Ballotpedia. It included a database of information on state and federal courts and judges.
According to its original website, the goal of Judgepedia was "to help readers discover and learn useful information about the court systems and judiciary in the United States."
Judgepedia was sponsored by the Sam Adams Alliance in 2007, along with Ballotpedia and Sunshine Review. In 2009, sponsorship of Judgepedia was transferred to the Lucy Burns Institute, which merged Judgepedia into Ballotpedia in March 2015.
Judgepedia had a weekly publication titled Federal Courts, Empty Benches which tracked the vacancy rate for Article III federal judicial posts.
Ballotpedia has been mentioned in the Washington Post' politics blog, "The Fix"; in the Wall Street Journal; and in Politico.
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