Terms of Service

Effective Date: September 1, 2024

Welcome to ElectionMap.org. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the ElectionMap.org website and services (collectively, the "Service"). Please read these Terms carefully before using the Service.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the Terms, you may not access the Service.

2. Description of Service

ElectionMap.org provides an interactive election prediction tool that allows users to create and share hypothetical election scenarios. The Service includes:

3. User Responsibilities

As a user of the Service, you agree to:

  1. Use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms.
  2. Not use the Service in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service or interfere with any other party's use of the Service.
  3. Not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Service or any systems or networks connected to the Service.
  4. Not use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Service for any purpose.
  5. Not introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other malicious or technologically harmful material.
  6. Not impersonate or attempt to impersonate ElectionMap.org, an ElectionMap.org employee, another user, or any other person or entity.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

The Service and its original content, features, and functionality are owned by ElectionMap.org and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

You may not copy, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Service, except as incidental to normal web browsing or as expressly permitted by these Terms.

5. User-Generated Content

The Service allows users to create and share election predictions. By creating and sharing predictions, you grant ElectionMap.org a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use, store, display, reproduce, and distribute your user-generated content in connection with the Service.

You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in and to the content you create, and that the content does not violate these Terms or any applicable law.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. ElectionMap.org expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Service or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

7. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall ElectionMap.org, its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from:

  1. Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service;
  2. Any conduct or content of any third party on the Service;
  3. Any content obtained from the Service; and
  4. Unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content.

8. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless ElectionMap.org and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees), resulting from or arising out of a) your use and access of the Service, or b) a breach of these Terms.

9. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of [Your Jurisdiction], without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

10. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. We will provide notice of any significant changes by posting the new Terms on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this page.

By continuing to access or use our Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the new Terms, please stop using the Service.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

contact@electionmap.org