Websites & campaign tech for Chicago & Illinois campaignsBefore Chicago Votes, Chicago Googles.
From the November 3 general election to the February 23 city election and the April 6 runoffs, Chicago goes to the polls three times in 154 days. Xblu builds the campaign website, supporter CRM and scheduling that turn a search for your name into a volunteer, a yard sign and a vote.
- Starter site in days
- Your supporter list stays yours
- Real people answer voters
Illinois General Election
U.S. Senate, governor, Cook County, Chicago school board
Chicago Municipal Election
Mayor, clerk, treasurer, all 50 wards
Runoffs & Suburban Elections
Chicago runoffs, mayors and boards statewide
Built in Chicago for the names on Chicago’s ballots
The next six months in Chicago politics
Three Elections. 154 Days.
Illinois picks a new U.S. senator and a governor in November. Chicago picks a mayor and a full City Council in February. Then come the runoffs. If your name is on any of these ballots, voters are already searching for it.
- An open U.S. Senate seat
- Governor and every statewide office
- All 17 U.S. House seats and all 118 Illinois House seats
- Cook County: board president, all 17 commissioners, assessor, clerk, sheriff, treasurer
- Judges and retention questions
- Mayor of Chicago, with a crowded field
- City clerk and city treasurer
- All 50 City Council seats, one per ward
- Nonpartisan: no party label does the talking for you
- Chicago runoffs wherever no one clears 50% in February
- Suburban mayors and village presidents
- City councils and village boards across Illinois
- School, park and library boards
Dates as published by Illinois election authorities and Chicago news outlets as of October 2026. Always confirm deadlines with the Chicago Board of Elections or the Illinois State Board of Elections.
One voter, start to finish
The Yard Sign Story
- 8:42 PM
A neighbor sees your sign
They search your name from the sidewalk. Your site loads fast on their phone.
- 8:43 PM
They find where you stand
Issues, your story and endorsements in plain language, without digging.
- 8:46 PM
They raise a hand
Volunteer, yard sign or event RSVP in one short form. It lands in Carma CRM, tagged by ward and interest.
- 9:00 AM
Your field lead follows up
A real person calls back, and a Saturday canvass shift gets booked through Good Morning.
- Election Day
One more vote, and the doors they knocked
Because someone got a clear answer on a Tuesday night.
What every campaign site needs
Everything a Voter Looks For. Nothing in the Way.
We build the pages voters, volunteers and reporters actually use, mobile-first and quick to update when the race changes.
🏛️ Built for campaign realities
- Donations stay on your platform: the site sends donors to your secure giving page and never touches a card
- A home for your “Paid for by” line on every page
- Your list is yours: supporters live in your own WordPress site, not a shared database
- Real people answer voters: no AI chatbot, no AI-written texts or emails
- Fast on a phone, on a porch or on the Blue Line
Try it: from search to supporter
Watch a Stranger Become a Volunteer.
Pick your race, then click through the four steps.
A voter searches. You’re there.
EASEO audits your site, tracks the searches voters make, and checks whether Google and AI assistants mention you when people ask who’s running.
“How can I help?” gets one answer.
Tap what you want to do. No account, no app, no ten-field form.
Pick a time. Done.
Coffee with the candidate, a canvass shift or a press call, on the calendar without a phone-tag chain.
Nobody falls through the cracks.
Every supporter, volunteer and yard sign in one pipeline, with a reminder to follow up.
Listen first
Quick Survey Sites. Real Answers From Real Neighbors.
Want to know what your ward actually cares about? We can stand up a clean, mobile-first survey site fast, in days once your questions are ready. One question at a time, live results, and an easy way for the people who care to raise a hand.
Surveys are for listening: honest questions, clearly yours. We don’t build push polls.
Make the numbers move
Data That Moves, Filters and Tells the Story.
We turn public election results, Census figures and your own survey and CRM totals into animated, interactive visuals for your website, your donor deck or your war room. Tap a ward, switch a metric, change the range. Try these.
Sample data, shown in aggregate. We chart public results and your own totals for planning, never to profile individual voters.
AI, used the right way
No Chatbot. On Purpose.
The leading AI providers don’t allow public-facing campaign chatbots or AI-written voter outreach, and we build inside those rules. It also happens to be good politics: a voter deciding who to trust should hear from you, in your words.
What voters get instead
- A searchable Issues & FAQ hub. Every answer approved by you, word for word.
- A person on the other end. Questions route to your team in Carma CRM with a follow-up reminder.
- One-tap scheduling. Coffee with the candidate, canvass shifts and press calls.
- Email to people who asked for it. Confirmed opt-in lists only, written and approved by your team, with unsubscribes handled and sending set up to reach the inbox.
- AI kept behind the scenes. Only where providers allow it, like research and internal planning. Never talking to voters.
Run your own numbers
How Many Supporters Is Your Site Letting Walk Away?
Based on your inputs: weekly visitors × weeks left × the share who sign up. The volunteer and yard sign lines are simple what-ifs, not promises.
Capture them: book a reviewHosting & security
Campaign Sites Draw Fire. Yours Has a Guard.
Election season is open season on websites. A hacked or offline site the week before the vote is a headline you don’t want, so security is part of the build, not an add-on.
Fast, secure Xblu hosting
Your site lives on servers we manage ourselves, tuned for WordPress.
Honey Badger™ on patrol
A daily read-only scan that flags changed or unknown files. Meet him →
An agent to call
When something breaks, Xblu Secret Service steps in to fix it. See how →
Tidy access
Staff and volunteers change fast. We set up the right logins and retire the old ones.
One connected system
Get Found. Sign Them Up. Turn Them Out.
A campaign website
Issues, bio, events and a clear “volunteer” and “donate” path, plus quick survey pages and animated data visuals. Fast on any phone.
Web design →🔎EASEO™
Gets your name found on Google and shows whether AI assistants mention you.
See EASEO →☀️Good Morning™
Volunteers, donors and reporters book time with your team without the back-and-forth.
See the scheduler →🐾Carma CRM™
Supporters, volunteers and yard signs in one pipeline, with follow-up reminders and a clean opt-in email list.
See Carma →🦡Honey Badger™
Daily patrol on every site we host, so surprises get spotted early.
Meet Honey Badger →From kickoff to launch
Live in Weeks. Sometimes Days.
A basic campaign site can be live in as little as a week, and a starter page or survey in days, when your photos, bio and positions are ready. The full system takes about six weeks. Content is the only thing that slows us down.
Message walkthrough
We capture your story, issues, endorsements and how you want supporters handled.
Website build
Fast, mobile-first pages built SEO-first, so voters find you by name and by office.
Sign-ups & CRM
Volunteer, yard sign and event forms flow into Carma CRM, tagged and routed.
Scheduling & search
Good Morning goes live and EASEO starts tracking how voters find you.
Launch
Go live, connect Google, and hand your team the keys.
Questions From Campaign Teams
Why isn’t there an AI chatbot on campaign sites?
The leading AI providers don’t permit public-facing campaign chatbots or AI-written voter outreach, and we build inside those rules. As we read them, that includes bots that only handle tasks like yard sign orders, so those run on simple guided forms instead. Voters get a searchable issues and FAQ hub you approve, and a real person follows up.
Can the site take donations?
It sends donors to the secure donation platform your committee already uses. The website and Carma CRM never process or store card details.
Who owns the supporter list?
You do. Carma CRM runs inside your own WordPress site, so your supporters, volunteers and notes are not sitting in a shared platform.
Do you only work with Chicago campaigns?
Chicago is home, and we know its calendar. We work with campaigns across Cook County and Illinois, from ward and school board races to countywide and suburban offices.
How fast can we launch?
Faster than you’d think. A basic campaign site can be live in about a week, and a starter page or survey in days, as long as your content is ready: photos, bio, positions and your donation link. The full system with CRM, scheduling and search tracking takes about six weeks. Tell us your deadline in the review and we’ll tell you honestly what is possible.
Do you handle compliance and “Paid for by” wording?
We build the place for your disclaimer on every page and your privacy notice. The wording and reporting stay with your treasurer or election counsel. We’re web people, not election lawyers.
What happens after Election Day?
The site is yours. It can become your thank-you page, your runoff site overnight, or the starting point for what comes next.
Can you build a quick survey site?
Yes. A basic survey page can go live in days once your questions are ready: mobile-first, one question at a time, in English, Spanish or Polish, with contact info always optional. Results show up in a simple view, and people who opt in can flow into Carma CRM. The questions and what you do with the answers stay with your team, and we won’t build push polls.
Can you turn our data into charts and maps?
Yes. We build animated, interactive charts and ward maps from public election results, Census figures and your own survey and CRM totals, for your website, a donor deck or your war room. They are aggregate views for planning, not tools for profiling individual voters.
Can you run email campaigns?
Yes, to confirmed opt-in lists: people who signed up on your site, at an event or through a survey and confirmed their address. We never buy or rent lists. Every email is written and approved by your team, not by AI, every message has a working unsubscribe, and we set up sender authentication so your messages reach inboxes. Political email is largely outside CAN-SPAM, but we follow its rules anyway because it protects your list. Disclaimers and filings stay with your treasurer or counsel.
What does it cost?
It depends on the size of the race and what you need. Book a 20-minute campaign review and you’ll leave with a clear plan and real numbers. One note: EASEO’s live search data comes from a licensed search-data provider billed by usage, with a monthly limit agreed up front.
20 minutes. Real answers.
Election Day Doesn’t Move. Let’s Get You Ready.
We’ll look at how voters find you today, where supporters slip away, and what a faster, clearer site would mean for your race.
Xblu builds campaign technology. Messaging, compliance and filings stay with your team.
