MapLight to Release Voter’s Edge API for Access to 2014 Election
Information  Eric Carter, Founder & Corporate Counsel, Dartsand
Jun. 19 2014, 11:53AM EDT  MapLight, nonpartisan research group
focused on money’s influence on politics, plans to release an
API for its Voter’s Edge offering. The Voter’s Edge API will
give developers programmatic access to a massive database of
2014 election data.  When the API is released next month, third
party apps can integrate customized election data with existing
platforms.   MapLight describes Voter’s Edge as “one stop for
the 2014 election.” Voter’s edge provides the most comprehensive
data set revolving around this year’s elections regarding who
and what will show up on a voter’s ballot based on the voter’s
zip code, and whose funding supports both sides of the ballot.
The Voter Edge API will expand Voter’s Edge usefulness by
integrating with third party tools and workflows.  The Voter’s
Edge API will include access to three sets of data: candidate
data, ballot measure