Elect.io is a side-project I've been working on for the past few months, and is my attempt at providing a tool for voters in the U.S. to learn more about the candidates that are running for office in their area.

In addition to providing basic candidate bio information, when possible I also provide details on what issues a candidate supports or opposes. I calculate each position programatically using the following data:

- Special Interest Group ratings for this particular candidate. i.e. the NRA may give a candidate a score of 90 out of 100 in the year 2007 for the candidate's position on gun rights issues.

- The bias of the Special Interest Group i.e. the NRA strongly supports issues related to the preserving of Second Amendment privledges.

These ratings are then weighted by year (more recent ratings have greater weight) and run through an algorithm to determine a candidate's calculated "position" for each issue.