Election Index

Built for newsrooms and AI agents that need to know not just when an election is but when its result will actually exist.

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What it can do

  • Upcoming Elections: List national elections in a date range (default: today to +365 days), with each race's expected count stage right now. Use for "when is the next election in X" or "which elections
  • Election Status: Full record of one election: races, polls-close times, every count stage window (exit poll, election night, intermediate count, final result, government) with confidence and citation,
  • When Final: When will a race's final (certified) result exist? Returns the expected window, its confidence (announced / precedent / estimate) and basis. Use this before asking or settling any "final r

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Built for newsrooms and AI agents that need to know not just when an election is but when its result will actually exist. Every stage window carries a confidence level and a citation to the statute or authority page it rests on. A result is only final after its final-result window — /v1/check and the MCP tool check_question answer whether a question is answerable yet, which is the part that stops an agent asserting a result that does not exist. Keyless API, 60 requests/minute. Corrections are public and take an evidence URL.

How to connect

How to connect Election Index to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://electionindex--chris-2dib.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect Election Index to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://electionindex--chris-2dib.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect Election Index to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://electionindex--chris-2dib.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (7)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

upcoming_electionsList national elections in a date range (default: today to +365 days), with each race's expected count stage right now. Use for "when is the next election in X" or "which elections are this month".
election_statusFull record of one election: races, polls-close times, every count stage window (exit poll, election night, intermediate count, final result, government) with confidence and citation, the authority, sources, and whether the record is stale.
when_finalWhen will a race's final (certified) result exist? Returns the expected window, its confidence (announced / precedent / estimate) and basis. Use this before asking or settling any "final result" question.
check_questionIs a question about a given count stage answerable at a given time? Returns verdict ok / too-early / inside-window / too-late, settle_after, and the resolvable sources. Built to stop questions that read the provisional count when they mean the final one.
resolution_sourcesEvery known source URL for a race, classified (race_results, feed, results_index, emb_home, directory, media). Only race_results and feed can answer a results question; homepages never can.
submit_correctionReport a mistake or a missing election, with a URL that proves it (ideally the official authority page). The report is public and is checked like any other claim; it never changes the data by itself. Returns the report id; follow it at https://electionindex.org/corrections.
dataset_healthCoverage, stale records, races still lacking a results page, and publisher-gate warnings. Use to judge how far to trust an answer.