Govbot Know Your Ballot
What’s on your ballot, election by election: every race, judge and question, who’s running, who’s funding them and who won. Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, built on Govbot.
The states
- Know Your Illinois Ballot, candidate lists as of 2026-10-27
- Know Your Michigan Ballot, candidate lists as of 2026-10-25
- Know Your Minnesota Ballot, candidate lists as of 2026-10-26
- Know Your Wisconsin Ballot, candidate lists as of 2026-10-25
Elections by year
2026
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026: Illinois midterm general election. Chicago and suburban Cook County, from U.S. Senate to the judges. Illinois guide
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026: Michigan midterm general election. Governor to school board, the courts and both proposals. Michigan guide
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026: Minnesota midterm general election. Governor to state representative, the courts and the amendment. Minnesota guide
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026: Wisconsin midterm general election. Governor to Assembly seat and all three constitutional questions. Wisconsin guide
2027
- Tuesday, February 16, 2027: Wisconsin spring primary. Takes place only where more than two people file for a spring office. Wisconsin guide
- Tuesday, February 23, 2027: Illinois chicago city election. Mayor, city clerk, treasurer, all 50 alderpersons and the police district councils. In suburban Cook, primaries only where needed. Illinois guide
- Tuesday, April 6, 2027: Illinois runoffs and suburban local elections. Chicago runoffs where no one got more than half the vote, and suburban village and city councils and school, park and library boards. Illinois guide
- Tuesday, April 6, 2027: Wisconsin spring election. A seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and circuit court judges, plus mayors, city councils, village and town boards and school boards. Wisconsin guide
- Tuesday, May 4, 2027: Michigan school and local questions. Millages and bonds, where a school district or community calls one. Michigan guide
- Tuesday, August 3, 2027: Michigan city primaries. Primaries for the cities that elect their council or mayor in odd years. Michigan guide
- Tuesday, August 10, 2027: Minnesota city primaries. Primaries for the cities that elect their council or mayor in odd years, where more than two people file. Minnesota guide
- Tuesday, November 2, 2027: Michigan city elections. Councils and mayors in the cities that elect in odd years, and whatever local questions are called for November. Michigan guide
- Tuesday, November 2, 2027: Minnesota city and school elections. City elections in those cities, school board seats and school levy questions where a district calls them. Minnesota guide
2028
- Tuesday, November 7, 2028: Illinois presidential general election. The president and the rest of the ballot. We open each guide as candidates file.
- Tuesday, November 7, 2028: Michigan presidential general election. The president and the rest of the ballot. We open each guide as candidates file.
- Tuesday, November 7, 2028: Minnesota presidential general election. The president and the rest of the ballot. We open each guide as candidates file.
- Tuesday, November 7, 2028: Wisconsin presidential general election. The president and the rest of the ballot. We open each guide as candidates file.
Common questions
What is Know Your Ballot?
A free, open-source voter guide to the elections in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, with each election listed by year and past ballots kept as the record. Open a state’s guide and enter an address to see an exact ballot: every race, judge and question, what each job does, who is running and who is funding them. It is built on Govbot, Chi Hack Night’s open civic data.
Is Know Your Ballot nonpartisan, and where do its facts come from?
It is nonpartisan: it never recommends or rates a candidate. Every fact names its source next to it: official candidate lists where the state or county publishes one, FEC and state campaign-finance records for money, and Ballotpedia and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) for profiles and incumbents. A candidate’s own words are quoted verbatim with their date and a link.