Show HN: Elections Archive: every election in the US, citable and open source

Category: other

Tags: elections, open-data, civic-tech, data-provenance, api, mcp

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Elections Archive is an open-source platform that aggregates election results from the United States and several other countries down to precinct or polling-station level, with every figure tied to a citable source and changeset. It stands out for its rigorous data provenance model, dual human/agent interfaces (REST, MCP, Markdown/JSON twins), and a seat engine that recomputes declared outcomes for verification.

Target audience: civic technologists, data journalists, political scientists, backend developers, AI agent developers

Repository: https://electionsarchive.com/ · Python · AGPL-3.0

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