Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia is an online platform dedicated to providing unbiased information about elections, candidates, judges, and ballot measures, empowering citizens to make informed voting decisions. Founded in 2007, Ballotpedia has grown significantly, offering a variety of newsletters and resources to help readers engage with the political process.

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๐Ÿ“ United States

๐Ÿงญ Full-Time

๐Ÿ’ธ 80000 - 95000 USD per year

๐Ÿ” Public Policy, Political Information

  • Dedicated to supporting Ballotpedia's mission.
  • Proven experience managing a content team, including hiring and performance management.
  • Strong leadership and supervisory skills, providing clear feedback.
  • Ability to grasp complex policy issues and communicate them effectively.
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills.
  • Strong understanding of the political landscape.

  • Oversee policy content creation projects from inception to completion.
  • Train, onboard, and manage staff writers, ensuring compliance with Ballotpedia's standards.
  • Develop and maintain documentation and training materials for team use.
  • Drive the development of policy expertise within the team.
  • Review and provide feedback on written content and reports.
  • Lead large-scale content production projects and ensure timely delivery.

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Posted 2024-11-07
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๐Ÿ“ United States

๐Ÿ” Political Information

  • Ballotpedia uses Google Applications (Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive and more) to accomplish our goals.
  • Some familiarity with Google Applications, Slack, and/or Asana is helpful.
  • The Ballotpedia Team features five main departments: Communications, Editorial, External Relations, Operations, and Tech.
  • We tend to hire for Editorial writers and researchers most often, as they make up the largest portion of our staff.

We work diligently to present the available information about elections, candidates, judges, ballot measures, policies, and more in a way that enables our readers to vote with confidence and to act as engaged citizens outside of the polling booth.
Posted 2024-10-15
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๐Ÿ“ United States

๐Ÿงญ Internship

๐Ÿ’ธ $16.00 per hour - $16.00 per hour

๐Ÿ” Political information and civic engagement

  • Desirable experience for GIS Analyst intern includes GIS (working with shapefiles, formatting, georeferencing) using tools such as ArcGIS or QGIS.
  • Research/data entry experience is also desired.
  • Some coding knowledge (Python, SQL) is a plus, but not required.

  • As an intern, your primary job is to research and format shapefiles for political boundaries.
  • Ballotpedia's sample ballot lookup app allows voters to see upcoming elections for their address, which will be powered by your work.
  • This will involve research to understand the legal requirements for who can vote in which types of elections, sourcing maps through online research, outreach to government offices, or georeferencing to create new shapefiles, testing and formatting the files to conform to Ballotpedia's database requirements, and working with the Ballotpedia database to add the boundaries and perform tests.
  • Other GIS or database-oriented activities will be assigned based on skill, interest, and need.

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Posted 2024-10-13
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๐Ÿ“ United States

๐Ÿงญ Internship

๐Ÿ’ธ 15 - 15 USD per hour

๐Ÿ” Politics and public policy information

  • Familiarity with Google Applications (Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive).
  • Skills in data entry and basic research.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in written English.

  • Assist the department with activities to support donor relations and strategic partnerships.
  • Perform data entry and clean-up tasks.
  • Utilize Salesforce for reporting and managing external contacts database.
  • Conduct basic research on potential partners and donors.
  • Support donor recognition efforts including database entry and thank you notes.
  • Prepare election-related research for partnerships.
  • Engage in various other assigned projects.

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Posted 2024-10-06
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๐Ÿ“ United States

๐Ÿงญ Internship

๐Ÿ’ธ $15.00 per hour

๐Ÿ” Politics and Elections

  • Must have a well-functioning computer with Internet access.
  • Familiarity with Google Applications (Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive, etc.) is helpful.
  • If seeking credit for the internship, provide information about what assistance Ballotpedia needs.

  • Assist the department with activities to support Ballotpediaโ€™s donor relations, strategic partnerships, and data sales opportunities.
  • Be tasked with data entry and data clean-up.
  • Utilize Salesforce to produce reports and manage Ballotpediaโ€™s database of external contacts.
  • Conduct basic research about potential partners and donors for Ballotpedia.
  • Assist with aspects of donor recognition and record keeping such as donor database entry, thank you note writing, and other donor recognition as appropriate.
  • Prepare research on elections and other related topics that may be needed for small and large partnerships.
  • Other projects as assigned.

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Posted 2024-10-01
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