Software for the actual work of democracy.

CivicAutomata builds the tools that should already exist. Compliance the law actually demands. Voter outreach that prints at the booth. Software for the people doing the work.

See the products What we believe

Every FPPC form. Every printout at the booth. In English and Spanish.

01 / Products

Two applications.

01 Compliance / FPPC

FullDisclosure

Campaign finance software for California treasurers who want to stop dreading filing day.

Every FPPC form, Cal-Access validated, with compliance issues caught before they reach the state. Local-first: your donor list never leaves your machine.

  • Every form
  • CAL files
  • Compliance checks
  • Local-first
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02 Voter outreach / Tabling

PlanMyVote

Voter outreach, printed at the booth.

A laptop-and-printer kit for the vote center era. A volunteer types a name; the voter walks away with a personalized plan: nearest vote center, closest drop boxes, the dates that matter.

  • Bilingual
  • Personalized print
  • Two modes
  • Field-ready
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Who we build for
For the people who sign the form.
02 / Mission

Democracy runs on paperwork. Most of it is nobody's job to make easy.

The treasurer keeping a campaign committee in compliance. The voter trying to figure out what is actually on the ballot. The organizer building the infrastructure of a county party. None of them have time to invent the tools they need from scratch.

CivicAutomata builds them. Practical software for the unglamorous, load-bearing work of self-government. The people who write the code are the people who file the forms.

Started in California's Imperial Valley, where the work is bilingual, the deadlines are real, and the tools have to fit in a backpack.

03 / Principles

How we work.

  1. Local-first.

    Your data stays on your machine. We can't see it, can't lose it, can't be subpoenaed for it.

  2. The law as written.

    We read the regulations, not blog posts about them. Forms match the FPPC, not our paraphrase.

  3. Bilingual on the first keystroke.

    English and Spanish, switched on a key. Asking a Spanish-speaking community to translate its own democracy is not acceptable.

  4. Built by people who file.

    If we ship a form, someone on the team has filed it. If we ship a printout, someone has handed one to a voter.

  5. Owned, not rented.

    Bought once. No subscription that lapses mid-cycle, no live update that breaks the day of a filing.

  6. Accessible by default.

    Keyboard navigable. Screen-reader correct. Honors reduced-motion and high-contrast preferences. If something gets in your way, tell us.

04 / Contact

If your work overlaps with ours, send a note.

Treasurers, registrars, party committees, organizers, nonprofit voter-engagement staff. We write back. Tell us what you need and we will tell you whether we can help.

hello@civicautomata.com

Imperial Valley, California