Google and Propublica have teamed up to create the Election DataBot offering extensive voter information source

Today ProPublica is launching a new tool, created in partnership with the Google News Lab, that makes it easier for journalists, researchers and citizens to quickly find newsworthy information about the presidential race and congressional campaigns in their states. We’re calling it the Election DataBot because it collects huge amounts of data and reports the most…

Information displayed by ProPublica’s Election DataBot comes from multiple sources, including government and commercial websites: Campaign Finance Information about campaign filings comes from the ProPublica Campaign Finance API, which retrieves data from the Federal Election Commission. Specifically, House and Presidential candidates file electronic campaign reports that are updated every 15 minutes. Senate candidates file reports on…