A heads up before they vote

Wouldn't it be nice if your organization were able to keep tabs on issues important to you across multiple cities and counties with one user-friendly online tool? We can give you that “heads up” with our powerful and affordable local government monitoring service. For example, enter a topic below and instantly search our nationwide database of agendas:

How it works

Custom local government monitoring

  • You choose which local government entities and keywords you want monitored. At any time, you can edit the parameters of your monitoring service.
  • Your account includes the ability to create additional Reports at no extra charge, allowing you to drill down to specific topics and specific local governments areas.

On-demand reporting

  • At any time you can login in to your account and run a real-time report showing everything our system has picked up for you up to that point in time.
  • On-demand reporting allows you to also look at various points in time without making edits to your existing Reports.

Email alerts

  • Your account can be set up to send email alerts to your inbox that show a quick look at activity our system has discovered for you overnight. The email alert also includes a quick link to your latest report.
  • These alerts can be sent any morning of the week or all mornings of the week and can be set to show upcoming meetings as well as past meetings.

Integrations

What our customers are saying

“Before Voterheads … we were blind to some ordinances until the very last minute. … With Voterheads, the additional time that we have to react is invaluable. It can mean the difference between months and hours and in multiple instances has saved us thousands of dollars in underground cable repairs.”

Fortune 50 telecom government affairs representative

“I really like the ability to hop on my Voterheads account at any time of the day and run a quick report to see what’s happening at the local government level in my region.”

Home builder's association executive

“The email alerts have allowed me to quickly identify telecom and utility subjects that I would not have been exposed to otherwise. I consistently use this information to investigate further to ensure I understand the impact to the communities I serve, and any possible impact to my company.”

Telecom executive

“Voterheads is a great tool for tracking multiple jurisdictions. The interface is easy to learn and work in, and reporting is flexible and customizable. Links to agendas in the reports saves lots of clicks and time.”

Home builder's association executive

“Trying my best to monitor local government for proposed ordinances, I had been checking city and county websites myself, and relying heavily on Google Alerts. That was very time-consuming and Alerts came individually, instead of in a centralized report. Then I found Voterheads. Everything is packaged in one nice, easy to read report that I can set up to receive with email alerts or just run on demand at any time of the day. Now I can react much more quickly. Thanks Voterheads!”

Fortune 500 regulated company government affairs representative

“In a nutshell, we continue to value Voterheads’ user friendly nature, email alerts, and overall efficiency. Having this information readily available allows us to act faster, track updates, and respond strategically to new developments. Additionally, the Voterheads team has been an excellent resource—explaining new enhancements, incorporating timely feedback, and responding immediately to urgent requests.”

Fortune 500 telecom government affairs representative

“The email alerts have served me well while attending the city council’s full and utilities meetings. I’m glad we have Voterheads!”

Telecom executive

“Quality of information is good. Timeliness of delivery is good. Seems to capture as soon as it hits agendas. User-friendliness of the platform is good. For example, earlier this year I easily added new areas to my coverage. The regular cadence of the email alerts makes it easy to quickly scan reports. Recently, I identified a wireless tower ordinance revision proposal in one of my cities that allowed us to work with the city to revise language which would have restricted the ability to locate towers within city limits. We will continue to use Voterheads!”

Telecom executive

“Voterheads has allowed the local HBA’s to easily monitor and keep updated on the proposed ordinances of local governments. This service has afforded us to act and think strategically to issues that could severely affect housing.”

Home builder's association executive

“I read the Voterheads email alerts daily and I find them very helpful. One great success story: In June, I learned from Voterheads that a county would finalize a contract with the First Responder Network Authority when it was on the agenda for the county commission. I needed to know about this but would not have known had Voterheads not alerted me. Thanks!”

Telecom executive

News

Oct 8, 2024
Voterheads Receives Grant to Expand Free Newsletter across Columbia Metro Area, Addressing Need for Public Meeting Knowledge
Voterheads, a South Carolina-based technology company that provides monitoring of local government public meetings nationwide, is pleased to announce, with help from a recent grant from the Knight Foundation Fund at Central Carolina Community Foundation, the expansion of its free newsletter service throughout Richland County. Covering public meetings in the entire Columbia metro area, this initiative helps ensure residents have access to what is being voted on and discussed at local public meetings, such as councils, planning commissions, etc. …
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Aug 17, 2023
Voterheads Announces the Expansion of their Collaboration with Ballotpedia
Voterheads.com, a South Carolina technology company, is excited to announce the expansion of its local government monitoring and reporting collaboration with Ballotpedia. Visitors to Ballotpedia’s city and county web pages will now be able to see agendas and details of upcoming and recent local public meetings. The collaboration was launched last year for Ballotpedia’s largest 100 cities pages in the U.S., and has now expanded to the counties for those cities. Click here to see the list of counties. …
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Check out our blog

Oct 7, 2024
Why a nonprofit would want to know what's being voted on at local public meetings?
Nonprofit organizations come in all types and many of them have government affairs reps that stay busy at the statehouse and congressional levels where the really big policy decisions are being made. So why would they want to know in advance what is showing up on local public meeting agendas? For several reasons…
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Jun 12, 2024
Why would a government agency want to monitor local government agency meetings?
We recently discovered that a regional government agency, a special purpose district to be precise, wanted to try our service because they were spending too much time trying to monitor local council and planning commission meetings across their region for topics that they needed to know about…
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Mar 30, 2023
How home builders benefit from monitoring what is being voted on at the local government level
Homebuilders associations exist to help their member homebuilders grow and protect their businesses. So obviously, they would have a vested interest in monitoring what is being voted on at local government public meetings because such decisions can significantly impact homebuilders’ business operations and bottom lines. Local governments…
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Mar 12, 2023
How are government affairs professionals keeping track of what is being voted on at local government public meetings?
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