Bay Ballot

Changelog

October 2026

  1. Data

    San Francisco Chronicle added a reason for Prop 1; endorsed No on Prop 4; and 2 more changes

  2. New#51

    The About page tells the story behind Bay Ballot and explains how guides are found, collected and kept current

  3. New#45

    Contest pages have the same Filters as the ballot list, and a filter set on one carries to the other

    A note like "3 guides hidden · Show all" says when filters hide guides on a contest, and contest pages now line up with the ballot list instead of being centered.

  4. New#34

    Palo Alto and Mountain View are on Bay Ballot, each with its own page

    18 guides, 8 of them new, and the 14 Santa Clara County contests Palo Alto and Mountain View voters see, including the 6th District Court of Appeal.

  5. New#32

    A bar at the top of the ballot list shows which section you're in and lets you jump to any other (press g on desktop)

  6. Fix#31

    Contest, guide, About, and changelog pages are centered, at the same width as the ballot list

  7. New#28

    San Mateo County is on Bay Ballot, with its own page at /2026-11/san-mateo

    14 San Mateo County guides and 66 local contests. Four of them (YIMBY Action, Greenbelt Alliance, Bay Rising Action and the Working Families Party) also count on San Francisco contests. A Counties filter on the Bay Area list hides a county's local contests.

  8. Fix#24

    Enter on the open contest moves into its details

  9. New#23

    The ballot is now a Bay Area list, and San Francisco has its own page

    /2026-11 groups every contest by place. /2026-11/sf shows San Francisco's contests and counts only San Francisco guides. Old contest links still work.

  10. Fix#22

    Multi-seat races in search results name a single leader only when that candidate is ahead

  11. New#19

    Browse contests with the keyboard on desktop: ↑ and ↓ (or j and k), / to search, and ? for shortcuts

  12. New#18

    A changelog lists what's new on the site and in the data

  13. New#17

    Each contest page opens with a one-line summary of how the guides split

    Search results show the same summary, for example "SF Prop B endorsements (Nov 2026): 16 of 28 guides say Yes".

  14. New#13

    Search engines can find every contest and guide page

  15. New#13

    Bay Ballot counts page views without cookies

    It never records addresses or ZIP codes.

  16. New#12

    The footer links to Bay Ballot's source code on GitHub

  17. Fix#10

    The site says “endorsements” instead of “picks”

  18. New#1

    Bay Ballot launches: 36 San Francisco voter guides, 930 endorsements