Google Civic Information API
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Current Status | Relatively new, but well supported and documented |
| Version Number | 2.0 |
| Key Contacts | |
| Implementing Agencies | N/A (Google assembles data from several sources) |
| Documentation | https://developers.google.com/civic-information/docs/v2/ |
| Founding/Sponsoring Organizations | Google, Pew Charitable Trusts (for VIP data) |
Background
The Google Civic Information API was originally released in private beta as a unified source for elections, polling places and other data from the Voting Information Project (VIP). In fall 2013, it was extended to include the ability to look up elected office holders at the local, state and national levels. The API currently supports:
Elections (based in VIP)
Representatives
Divisions
Analysis
While not, strictly speaking, an open standard, the Google Civic Information aggregates several data sources, including the Voting Information Project (VIP), Cicero and others. It implements the Open Civic Data standard.