Data minimization

Privacy

Learning about your ballot should not require handing over your political preferences.

No accounts, address collection, or preference tracking

PortlandVotes does not ask you to create an account. District lookup sends you to Portland’s official tool; your address is never entered on or transmitted to PortlandVotes.

Matcher answers stay on your device

Compatibility answers are stored only in your browser’s local storage so they can survive a refresh. They are not placed in the URL or sent to a server. “Reset answers” removes them.

Analytics

The first release contains no behavioral analytics, advertising pixels, or third-party political tracking.