Plain Ballot

Name: Plain Ballot
Author: n8peace

by n8peaceversion 1.0.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry nameio.github.n8peace/plain-ballot

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

A U.S. voter's ballot by address, with an exact quote and source behind every candidate position.

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These three are never merged into one score: opinions, measurements and popularity are different things.

User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
Our basic checksi3 of 3 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 3 of 3 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
Can do 3 things (tools) list_issues, get_ballot, score_fit
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://plainballot.com/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http plain-ballot https://plainballot.com/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plain-ballot": {
      "url": "https://plainballot.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "plain-ballot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://plainballot.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://plainballot.com/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

list_issues
The 18 issues Plain Ballot tracks. Each has two sides, each worded the way its own supporters would say it. Use the short side labels ("l" and "r") when giving priorities to score_fit.
get_ballot
Every researched race on the ballot for a U.S. street address, with each choice's position on the issues that office decides, the exact quote, and the source URL.
score_fit
How closely each choice on the voter's ballot fits the priorities the voter stated, from 0 to 100. Plain arithmetic, the same as plainballot.com: issues where a choice has no sourced position are left out, never guessed. Only use priorities the voter actually gave you.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account n8peace, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
✓ Pass
Endpoint responds
Responded in 310 ms (HTTP 200)
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
No sign-in needed
✓ Pass
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Read 3 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 18354 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 91% of the other 18354 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 18354 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Plain Ballot safe?

It passed 3 of 3 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry 4 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, Qemu MCP

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README from the maker

Open the README

Copied from the maker’s repo as written. PopNx MCP has not reviewed or endorsed it. HTML, images and scripts are removed. Links lead off this site.

Plain Ballot

Every race on your ballot, matched to what you care about. Every position backed by a quote you can check.

plainballot.com · How it works · The open data · Contribute

Who's running, and where do they stand? Pick the issues you care about, set a dial for each, and enter your address. Plain Ballot goes through your ballot and shows who fits you, why, and where that came from. Party labels stay hidden until you ask. No ads, no account, and your address isn’t stored.

Covering every race in California, plus U.S. House and Senate races in all 50 states, for Nov 3, 2026.

Two projects, both free and open:

[Plain Ballot](https://plainballot.com) (this repo): the voter guide.
[Open Election Data](https://github.com/n8peace/open-election-data): the research behind it. Every candidate on the same 18 issues, each position with an exact quote and its source, researched by AI agents that have to agree. Free to use, including commercially, under the Open Database License, with a free API.

AI that has to show its work

Chatbots get voting facts wrong. Plain Ballot is built so no single model's word ever reaches a voter.

Agents have to agree. Every candidate is researched by independent agents on different models (Claude Code, Codex, GPT-5.6 Luna), each searching and reading on its own. A position is published only when they agree: 2 of 3 with no conflict, or a clear majority of 10 when they don't.
Every quote is verified. Each claim carries an exact quote, fetched from its source and matched word for word, or it's thrown out. A nightly job rechecks every published quote.
No guessing. An agent not finding a source never counts as a vote. No majority means the issue stays blank, and the ballot says so.
Matching isn't AI. It's plain, deterministic arithmetic in your browser (lib/match.ts). Same answers, same ballot, every time.
Voters can push back. "Not right?" on any claim files a public issue and reruns the research with fresh agents. Corrections are public.
Every change is checked for bias. Three models from different companies review each pull request for loaded wording and one-sided logic, and tests require that matching treats both ends of every dial the same.
Every word is public. The dial wording, the agreement rules and every researched position live in Open Election Data; the matching lives here.

Use the data

The research is its own project: [Open Election Data](https://github.com/n8peace/open-election-data). It has a free, static API with no key needed:

curl -s https://n8peace.github.io/open-election-data/v1/divisions/ca/cd-10.json

Use it for anything, including commercial products, under the Open Database License: credit it, and share improvements to the data under the same terms.

Send your agent

Plain Ballot works without a browser. Point any AI agent that supports MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others) at:

https://plainballot.com/mcp

It has three read-only tools:

list_issues: the 18 issues and how each side is worded.
get_ballot: every researched race for a street address, with each choice's position, the exact quote, and the source.
score_fit: how closely each choice fits the priorities the voter gave, using the same arithmetic as the site. No model is involved.

The agent is told the same rules the site follows: stay nonpartisan, quote and link sources, never fill in a missing position, and only score priorities the voter actually stated. Addresses aren't stored.

Prefer plain JSON? GET https://plainballot.com/api/ballot?address=... returns the same ballot, and the research itself is a free static API.

What already exists, and why we still built this

Good sources are already out there, and Plain Ballot learns from them:

[Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org) is the most complete record of who's running, and the research agents read it. Its bulk data is a paid product, and its pages aren't ours to republish.
[BallotReady](https://organizations.ballotready.org/ballotready-api) offers candidate issue stances through a paid API for organizations.
[Vote Smart](https://www.votesmart.org/votesmart-api) collects positions through its Political Courage Test, a survey candidates fill in, along with voting records and ratings.
[Google Civic](https://developers.google.com/civic-information) and [Democracy Works](https://democracy.works/elections-api) cover who's on the ballot and how to vote.

What we couldn't find was a free, open dataset of where candidates stand, with a checkable quote behind every position, with every candidate on the same issues so they can be compared, and free for anyone to reuse. So we built one: Open Election Data. Every claim still comes from the candidate's own words: agents follow a summary back to the candidate's site, voting record or interview and quote that.

Research your state

The research runs on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, so anyone can add coverage without paying for API credits. It happens in Open Election Data, which has an open "research your state" issue for each state.

Run it locally

npm install

cp .env.example .env.local npm run dev # http://localhost:3000

Without keys, it runs on a fictional sample ballot and the dials still work. Researched races come from the open data's API (set ELECTION_DATA_DIR to a local checkout's data/positions to work offline). Keys turn on typed priorities (AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY), real ballot lookup (GOOGLE_CIVIC_API_KEY) and address suggestions (GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY).

npm test               # matching, neutrality, sharing, abuse limits

npm run eval # does the AI put people on the right side of each dial? (calls the model) npm run check:issues # dial wording matches the research data

How it's built

Next.js on Vercel. The Census geocoder finds a voter's districts. Researched races come from the Open Election Data API, matched to voters by district. BotID, rate limits and a spending cap protect the paid endpoints (docs/security.md). The full picture, with a diagram: docs/ARCHITECTURE.md. Coding with an AI agent? Point it at AGENTS.md.

Contributing

The most useful help is research and checking research, and neither needs code. See CONTRIBUTING.md, or open a ready-to-run copy in your browser:

License

AGPL-3.0. Anyone can run their own copy, but a hosted copy has to publish its changes, so nobody can quietly run a biased version.

Plain Ballot

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Qemu MCP

README from the maker

Plain Ballot

AI that has to show its work

Use the data

Send your agent

What already exists, and why we still built this

Research your state

Run it locally

How it's built

Contributing

License

Star history