Walk me through my ballot
Go through your ballot one measure and one race at a time, then review, print, or share your choices.
October 2026 release notes
Built for the 2026 general election
Full candidate profiles, a step-by-step ballot guide, redesigned measure and person pages, and clearer campaign-finance and endorsement information everywhere.
Start here
Five things to try before Election Day
Candidate profiles
Plain-language profiles with each candidate's own words, endorsements, and stances on ballot measures — every item with its source.
Redesigned measure and person pages
The most important information comes first: what a vote means, who is for and against, and where the money comes from.
Clearer campaign money
Click any committee for a quick summary card. Committees that back several measures are no longer counted twice, and federal candidates show their FEC filings.
Organization endorsements are public
When an organization publishes a position on a candidate or ballot measure, voters now see it alongside other endorsements.
Area by area
Everything else in this release
Ballot measures for voters
The YES and NO tiles say what each vote means — tap one to mark it privately. Each side gets one box with its committees, endorsements, and the candidates on your ballot who agree, and your organizations' recommendations sit under the tile they recommend.
Candidates & legislators for voters
Redesigned pages with a summary, contacts, the race, the person's own words, endorsements, measure stances, their Capitol record, and their campaign money. Compare is easier to read, and race steps show where candidates agree with you.
Ballot measure page in Pro
Status, summary, Track, and official links up top. Every committee on each side with its own amount — side totals count only dedicated committees, so shared money isn't counted twice — plus sourced arguments, endorsements, candidate positions, and fiscal impact tiles.
Person page in Pro
One page for legislators, candidates, and officeholders, showing only what applies. New sections for the race, measure positions, endorsements, campaign finance, path to the ballot, and questionnaire answers. Track a running legislator either way.
Campaign finance
Click any committee name, anywhere, for its purpose, money raised and spent, and top donors — with a jump to the full dashboard in Pro. Federal candidates show FEC totals, refreshed automatically every day.
Home, reminders & support
Report a problem emails our team from any page. Upcoming events cover all of Colorado, with Back to my area to narrow them. Election reminders come only for dates that matter to voters, and chat now lives in the mobile app only.
Workspaces
The page name is back in the workspace header, editing positions and notes works again, the notes badge no longer sticks, and note counts on bill, legislator, and candidate lists load faster.
Pro mobile app
Choose a workspace when you track, reliable bill positions that match the web, permission-aware buttons, and notifications that open the right place. Plus Android and login fixes — all with the next app-store update.
For voters
Your whole ballot, one step at a time
Walk me through my ballot shows one item per screen — measures first, then races, then a review page. Mark your choices, skip anything, and pick up where you left off. Start it from the Keep it Simple home or the Show it All ballot, with this year's Blue Book a tap away.
No account needed
Organizations' published candidate endorsements and ballot-measure positions now appear on candidate and measure pages for every visitor, signed in or not. Bill positions stay with members and followers.
Questions or something not working? Use Report a problem in the app or contact support@capitolcommons.ai.
Earlier releases
August 2026 release notes
The biggest update we've ever shipped
Six weeks of new tools across ballot measures, outreach, campaign finance, and elections — plus a brand-new experience for citizens.
Start here
Five things worth opening the app for
Ballot measures, end to end
Browse this November's ballot, follow measures from first filing to election night, and read what a yes or no vote means.
Outreach, rebuilt
Petition campaigns, response moderation, shareable updates, and reporting that finally speaks district.
Saved views for bill tracking
Save your filter and column setups on the bill table and return to them in one click — including a default view for every session.
A redesigned home
Your day at a glance: hot bills, your calendar, and what changed since you last signed in.
Capitol Commons for citizens
The citizen experience now runs fully in any browser — ballot, races, measures, endorsements, and voting locations included.
Area by area
Everything else in this release
Ballot initiatives
A new section for the 2025–2026 cycle: the full lifecycle from filing to election night, tracked against Secretary of State and Legislative Council records, with yes/no meanings, fiscal impact, Blue Book content, and shareable public pages.
Outreach
Petition campaigns, a new updates engine with per-recipient delivery status, response moderation and test mode, committee targeting, and district-aware reporting across every surface.
Bill tracking
Named saved views with a default, a hot bills filter on the home page, and everything scoped to the correct legislative session.
Elections & candidates
Race cards, a candidate report with custom fields, a Candidates tab in every workspace, voter registration lookup, voting locations, and federal delegation pages.
Campaign finance & lobbying
Expenditure search and tracing with normalized vendor names, click-through money-flow navigation, and a lobbying explorer on lobbyist and bill pages.
Calendar & events
Expanded event sources including committee schedules, event tracking in workspaces, and your organization’s own events.
News, notifications & notes
Pick your news sources, new bill-update and election-reminder alerts, and a global note modal with tag suggestions.
Briefs, workspaces & admin
PDF briefs from your tracked work, per-workspace tab controls, and one Branding tab for your whole organization.
For citizens
Capitol Commons for citizens, in any browser
Citizens now get their own perspective. Start with Keep it Simple — a plain-language view of your civic world — and switch to Show it All whenever you want. Your actual ballot is inline, with candidate cards, yes/no explanations, endorsements from organizations you follow, and voting locations near you.
No account needed
Ballot-measure pages and lobbyist pages are now public and shareable by link, and public listings show candidate and officeholder photos.
Questions or feedback? Reach out and tell us — notifications, news feeds, and citizen tools all grow with what you send.