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24 alternatives to TO BUILD A BETTER BALLOT

An interactive guide to alternative voting systems

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. TO BUILD A BETTER BALLOT launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Votebox▲125

   Secure internet voting

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   One Click Battle▲204

   Simple realtime voting system

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TurboVote▲98

   Making voting easy with text and email reminders

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4BA
   Ballotter, an Online Video Debating Platform for Our Discussions▲30

   2017 · ballotter.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Voting Dog▲89

   Embedded real-time voting service for your website

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Democracy OS▲90

   Better decisions, together.

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Countable▲73

   Direct Democracy with Countable

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Vote.org▲114

   Everything you need to vote

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Tally▲316

   Create tiny polls. No bullshit.

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Candidate Crunch▲67

    Voter engagement through a mobile game

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11PV
    Poll – Voting done simply in real time▲45

    2014 · poll.lab.io · its alternatives →

12. 12OS
    Open-source voting platform▲5

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Votecastr▲108

    Unprecedented real-time US election voting data

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14IM
    I made a “voting assistant” app. Do you have any feedback?▲10

    2015 · thevoterapp.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    BALLOT.FYI▲64

    Quickest nonpartisan voter guide for CA state propositions

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Voten▲73

    Social bookmarking for the 21st Century

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Democracy.io by EFF▲152

    A simpler way to send messages to Congress

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Swelly 3.0▲160

    A social voting app fully integrated in Messenger 🐳

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Electoral.io▲58

    IO games meet Elections

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Yo Polls▲177

    Frictionless polls. Vote from your lock screen.

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Openvote▲131

    Crowd-voting platform, running a test for SF Election

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Vote!▲123

    Predict news outcomes

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Global Voting▲78

    Join the US Elections from all over the world!

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    BallotView▲79

    Last minute cramming for voters before Election Day

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →