A simpler campaign toolkit for school board, city council, library board, and ballot initiative candidates. The federal-scale tools weren’t built for you. This one is.
We’re onboarding new campaigns in small batches. Drop your email and we’ll reach out personally to walk you through setup.
New to running? Start with our free filing checklist at LocalCandidate.org →
BallotBase is designed for the high-volume, often officially nonpartisan races where candidates are first-time, part-time, and mostly self-managed.
Federal-scale platforms assume you have a campaign manager, a finance director, and a compliance team. Most local candidates have a full-time job and a Google Doc.
Lighter, simpler, and priced for a five-figure budget. Filing deadlines tracked. Your dashboard shows what to do this week — not what a six-person staff might do this quarter.
Voter and supporter lists with notes, tags, and history. Import a CSV, or don’t.
Track every contribution and obligation. ActBlue and WinRed connect when you’re ready.
Sign-ups, shifts, and reminders. Your canvassing team without the spreadsheet handoffs.
Email your supporters with merge fields and open tracking. No marketing degree required.
Track FEC and state filing deadlines. Reminders before each one, so nothing slips.
Town halls, meet-and-greets, debate watch parties. RSVPs flow back to your contacts.
“BallotBase is built for the candidate at the kitchen table after work — not the staff in the office down the hall.”
Everything you need to know before you sign up.
BallotBase is a campaign management platform for first-time local candidates. It bundles contact management, donation tracking, volunteer coordination, email campaigns, event planning, and FEC compliance into one tool — designed to be usable without paid staff or a technical background. Setup takes about 15 minutes.
BallotBase is built for candidates running for school board, city council, mayor, and other local offices, plus organizers leading ballot initiatives. The typical user is a first-time candidate with a day job and a sub-$50,000 budget — someone who needs to be productive immediately, not someone who can afford a campaign manager or a multi-week learning curve.
Tools like NGP VAN and NationBuilder are built for federal-scale campaigns with paid staff, six-figure budgets, and weeks of onboarding. BallotBase is built for someone running their first race who needs to be productive in 15 minutes. We deliberately ship fewer features so the ones we have are easier to use.
BallotBase is currently in early access. Pricing will be a flat monthly subscription per campaign — no per-contact fees, no per-feature tiers. Join the waitlist to be notified when paid plans open and to receive founding-member pricing.
BallotBase supports local races including school board, city council, mayor, county commissioner, and ballot initiatives. The platform works for any campaign that tracks contributions and expenditures, but our compliance features and templates are tuned for sub-federal campaigns. Federal candidates with FEC filing obligations may eventually outgrow the tool.
BallotBase tracks individual contribution limits ($3,300 per election as of 2026), flags potential over-limit donations, and generates clean reports for your treasurer or accountant. We are not a filing service — we don’t submit reports directly to the FEC or state election agencies. Most local candidates work with a treasurer or CPA for actual filings, and BallotBase gives them the data they need.
No. BallotBase is built for non-technical users — if you can use Google Docs, you can use BallotBase. The interface is designed around the actual workflows of a first-time candidate, not around campaign-industry jargon. Setup takes about 15 minutes.
Visit ballotbase.app and join the waitlist with your email address. We reach out personally to walk you through setup and answer questions about your specific race.
Look up every form, deadline, and signature requirement for your race at our companion site — free, no account needed.
Browse checklists at LocalCandidate.org →When you’re ready to run, BallotBase picks up where it leaves off.