We Vote USA

Name

We Vote USA

Website

https://WeVote.US

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

We Vote USA is a volunteer-driven, non-partisan, open-source civic technology organization that operates WeVote, a free web-based platform helping American voters access their ballot and review candidate and measure information. Founded in 2014, it serves individual voters through direct browser access.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Engagement Software

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA)

Keywords

• Civic engagement tools
• Voter information platforms
• Ballot education software
• Nonpartisan voting tools
• Election information services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Free civic service: WeVote operates as a free service for voters. Revenue model not disclosed in available source material.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

We Vote USA operates WeVote, a free web-based ballot preparation tool that enables American voters to load their specific ballot, view candidate and ballot measure information, and make informed voting decisions. The platform is volunteer-driven, non-partisan, and open-source, providing centralized access to nonpartisan voting information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• WeVote A web-based voting tool that helps American voters access and prepare for their ballots by displaying ballot-specific information, candidate details, and ballot measure content in a nonpartisan format.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Vote411: Vote411 is the League of Women Voters' voter-information tool that lets users build personalized ballots and access candidate questionnaires. It competes directly with We Vote USA on the same use case of personalized ballot preparation and nonpartisan candidate information.
• Vote Smart: Vote Smart provides nonpartisan candidate biographies, issue positions, and voting records to help voters make informed decisions. It overlaps with We Vote USA on the candidate-information side of the ballot experience and shares the nonpartisan positioning.
• Rock the Vote: Rock the Vote is a longstanding nonprofit focused on voter registration and engagement, particularly among young voters. It targets the same end-user persona (American voters) and overlapping civic-engagement outcomes, though it has historically leaned more toward mobilization than ballot preparation.
• HeadCount: HeadCount is a nonprofit that registers voters at concerts and live events. It serves the same voter-engagement mission as We Vote USA through a different distribution channel (live events vs. web), and competes for the same pool of mission-driven users and donors.
• Ballotpedia: Ballotpedia is the leading nonpartisan online encyclopedia of U.S. politics, providing sample ballots, candidate profiles, and measure information. It is the most direct competitor to We Vote USA's ballot-information product, serving the same voter audience with a similar nonpartisan positioning.
• Democracy Works (TurboVote): Democracy Works builds TurboVote, a voter-registration and ballot-information platform used by colleges, libraries, and employers. It addresses a closely adjacent voter-engagement use case and shares the nonpartisan civic-tech identity with We Vote USA.
• When We All Vote: When We All Vote is a nonprofit voter-registration and turnout organization co-founded by Michelle Obama. It targets the same voter persona and shares the nonprofit civic-engagement mission, though it emphasizes mobilization over detailed ballot preparation.

Broad incumbents

• Google Civic Information API: Google's Civic Information API provides election and voter-information data that powers ballot tools across the web. It is a broad incumbent infrastructure provider whose output underpins much of the civic-tech ecosystem, including potential integrations for We Vote USA.
• League of Women Voters: The League of Women Voters is a 100-year-old civic organization that operates Vote411 and broader voter-education programs. It is a broad incumbent in the civic-engagement space, with a deeper organizational footprint and funding base than We Vote USA but an overlapping nonpartisan mission.

Others

• Code for America: Code for America is a nonprofit civic-tech organization and fellowship program that builds and supports open-source tools for government services, including voter-related tools. It is an ecosystem participant that shares the open-source, volunteer-driven civic-tech ethos with We Vote USA.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WeVote
• Facebookfacebook.com/WeVoteUSA

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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