Licensing and sponsorship

Put the official record in front of your audience

Newsrooms, agencies, schools, libraries, researchers, and platforms can license VoteFiles records: live record cards, data access, large downloads, and service commitments. Every licensed card and collection of data keeps its link to the official source that proves it.

Reading the archive stays free for everyone. Licensing covers commercial reuse, volume, delivery, and support. Terms, prices, volumes, and service levels are confirmed in a written agreement; nothing on this page is an offer until then.

Request terms

Licensing tiers

Choose a starting point

Local, regional, and national newsrooms

Newsroom

Record cards and data, each tied to its official source, for reporting on deadline, with VoteFiles attribution kept visible.

Live record cards: Live record cards with the source link and "Powered by VoteFiles" attribution
Data access for programs: Set in the written agreement
Large data downloads: Not included unless the agreement adds it
Service level: Standard support; set in the written agreement

Government agencies, schools, libraries, researchers, and civic groups

Institutional

Licensed use of VoteFiles records in classrooms, research, public-service sites, and your own tools.

Live record cards: Live record cards for public-service and classroom pages
Data access for programs: Set in the written agreement
Large data downloads: Selected downloads of public-record data
Service level: Set in the written agreement

Platforms, data teams, and high-volume publishers

Data and platform

Large-scale access for teams that build on the record, with delivery and support terms in writing.

Live record cards: Live record cards for large publishers
Data access for programs: Set in the written agreement
Large data downloads: Large public-record downloads; scope set in the written agreement
Service level: Commitments on availability and response time set in the written agreement

Our professional data service is being prepared. Until it opens, licensed data is delivered through live record cards and selected downloads. The live card guide shows the free card that is available today.

Powered by VoteFiles

Attribution stays with the record

Every VoteFiles card, download, and piece of data used in public must keep a visible "Powered by VoteFiles" credit and the official source link. Use this credit line wherever you publish VoteFiles records:

<a href="https://votefiles.com/?ref=powered-by">Powered by VoteFiles</a>

How we find publishers who use VoteFilesOur web server’s ordinary records show which websites load our live cards or use our public data, and which pages send readers to us through a "Powered by VoteFiles" link. Once a day we keep only the website name, the date, and a count of visits. We do not keep any visitor’s address, browser details, or the page address on your site.

Why it mattersIt lets us offer frequent users a license, better service, and correction notices when a record they display changes.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship rules

Labeled and separateEvery sponsorship is labeled "Sponsor" and shown apart from records, findings, and source links.

No editorial saySponsors cannot choose, change, rank, delay, or remove any record, topic, correction, or outlet coverage.

No political sponsorsVoteFiles does not accept sponsorship from candidates, campaigns, political parties, or political committees.

DisclosedActive sponsors are listed on the funding and independence page.

Licensing and sponsorship desk

Tell us what you need

We reply from a votefiles.com address. Your details are used only to answer this inquiry and prepare an agreement. They are never sold or shared, and they never affect coverage.