PollWatch™
SEE MORE. DO MORE.
A citizen election monitoring platform.
About PollWatch
PollWatch is a citizen election observation and reporting platform that enables citizens to find their polling units, document what they observe during elections, report incidents or irregularities, submit lawful evidence, and contribute to a verified public civic-information record of election-day activities.
What Can You Do With PollWatch?
📍 Find Polling Units
Find your polling unit and access important location information before and during election day.
🚨 Alert & Get Tracked
When you encounter a serious incident or need assistance, send an alert and share your location.
📸 Document Incidents
See something that needs attention? Document what you observe using photos, videos, text, and location information.
📄 Upload Lawful Results
Submit lawful election-related result information and supporting evidence where permitted.
Our Mission
Our mission is to empower citizens with accessible tools to find their polling units, safely document election-day activities, report incidents and irregularities, and contribute lawful evidence that can help create a reliable civic record.
PollWatch exists to make citizen participation in election observation more accessible, responsible, and evidence-based.
Our Vision
Our vision is to build a trusted civic-information system where citizens can find their polling units, responsibly report what they observe, and where verified election information can become part of a searchable public record.
We envision a future where election-day activities across every community can be observed, documented, verified, and understood through reliable citizen-generated information.
Why PollWatch?
Elections happen at thousands of polling units across the country. What happens at those locations matters.
PollWatch gives citizens a way to participate in election observation by helping document events as they happen and organize information into a useful civic record.
Citizen-powered
Citizens can contribute observations from their communities.
Evidence-based
Reports can include supporting photos, videos, text, and location information.
Searchable
Election-day information can be organized into records that can be searched and reviewed.
Privacy-conscious
PollWatch is designed with privacy and responsible reporting in mind.
Built for verification
Citizen reports can contribute to a broader verified public civic-information record.
How PollWatch Works
01 — Find
Locate your polling unit.
02 — Observe
Pay attention to what is happening around you.
03 — Document
Capture relevant information lawfully.
04 — Report
Submit an incident, observation, or result information.
05 — Track
Follow updates associated with your report.
06 — Verify
Contribute to a reliable public record of election-day activities.
Report Responsibly
PollWatch is designed to support lawful citizen observation.
Only submit information you are legally permitted to capture and share. Do not put yourself or others in danger to obtain evidence.
Your safety comes first.
Reports may be reviewed, checked, or verified before information is included in a public civic record.
Every Observation Can Matter
A single report can provide useful information about what happened at a polling unit.
Thousands of responsibly submitted observations can help create a clearer picture of election-day activities across communities.
