Google Civic Information

New election announced

This trigger fires when Google adds an upcoming election that covers the state you choose. Nationwide elections such as the general election are included for every state.

Developer info

API endpoint slug: google_civic_information.new_election

Trigger fields

State Dropdown list

Label: State
Helper text: Elections held in this state, plus nationwide elections. Choose "the whole US" for nationwide elections only.
Slug: state
Required: true
Can have default value: true

Ingredients

Election name Name of the election.

Slug: election_name
Filter: GoogleCivicInformation.newElection.ElectionName
Type: String
Example: 2026 General Midterm Election

Election day Date of the election.

Slug: election_day
Filter: GoogleCivicInformation.newElection.ElectionDay
Type: Date (ISO8601)
Example: 2020-07-07

Election Google's identifier for the election.

Slug: election_id
Filter: GoogleCivicInformation.newElection.ElectionId
Type: String
Example: 12000

Scope Where the election is held: Nationwide, or the state name.

Slug: scope
Filter: GoogleCivicInformation.newElection.Scope
Type: String
Example: Kansas

Division Open Civic Data division identifier for the election's area.

Slug: division_id
Filter: GoogleCivicInformation.newElection.DivisionId
Type: String
Example: ocd-division/country:us/state:ks

Applets using this Trigger