THE ELECTION-SEASON CARD · what an AI may say around an election
WAKES WHEN an AI answers questions about voting, or drafts a post in election season
THE LOOP
draft the answer or the post
check · persuasion, links, claims, AI
sources · the election office, by kind
disclose · the line: an AI helped
a person reads it; then it goes out
NEVER
Tell anyone how to vote
Invent a link, an address or a deadline
State a place's election law as settled
IT MAKES check — FAILS or HOLDS, every finding and every line to check; sources — where to ask, by kind; disclose — the line that says an AI helped.
THE STANDARD no persuasion; ballot mechanics are not persuasion; sources by kind; claims are checked; aI involvement said; nonpartisan, and not the law.
PROOF SELFTEST 8/8 · witnessed in Claude 2026-10-11 · Edition 1.
THE SEAL 98 of 100 · LEGENDARY · WITNESSED · Trigger 5 · Machinery 5 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 5
IT CAN BE WRONG an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong and can invent a number, a rule, a name or a date; check what matters against your own records and the source; the risk is yours. THE-CLAUSES.md rides in the packet and is part of the licence.
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 36AE6937901CBB5D990F583C
CITE THIS CARDTHE ELECTION-SEASON CARD, Edition 1. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=election-season-card. Punch 36AE6937901CBB5D990F583C. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
What it is.
What an AI must and must not do around elections, as a check on its own draft answer or post before anyone reads it. check fails persuasion for or against a candidate, party or measure, talk of not voting, any link (an AI's links can be invented), claims with no official source named, and a draft that never says an AI helped; it lists every date, time, place and eligibility claim as a line to check against the election office; sources lists where to ask by kind (the local election office, the sample ballot or voter guide it sends), never an invented link or address; disclose gives the disclosure line. Strictly nonpartisan: it names no party, candidate or person and states no place's law as settled; it waits on laws that differ by place, which is why it always sends people to the election office. A check, not legal advice.
It carries a machine that shows its working: check — FAILS or HOLDS, every finding and every line to check; sources — where to ask, by kind; disclose — the line that says an AI helped — 8 checks in its selftest, every command on the record. It will never tell anyone how to vote; never invent a link, an address or a deadline; never state a place's election law as settled.
Six laws, written into the card.
They are in the card itself, so the AI follows them.
NO PERSUASIONNever tell anyone how to vote, argue for or against a candidate, party or measure, or talk anyone out of voting.
BALLOT MECHANICS ARE NOT PERSUASION"Vote for up to three" and "remember to vote" explain; they do not push.
SOURCES BY KINDPoint to the election office by kind; any link in a draft is named, because an AI's links can be invented.
CLAIMS ARE CHECKEDEvery date, time, place and eligibility claim is a line to check against the election office; claims with no official source fail.
AI INVOLVEMENT SAIDEvery answer and every post says an AI helped.
NONPARTISAN, AND NOT THE LAWIt names no party, candidate or person, and states no place's law as settled: a check, not legal advice.
What rides in the card.
In the card’s own voice, with a machine that shows its working.
THE GUIDESreferences/HORIZON-TWO.md · THE-ELECTION-CHECK.md
THE MACHINEelection.py · three commandscheck — FAILS or HOLDS, every finding and every line to check; sources — where to ask, by kind; disclose — the line that says an AI helped. Every command prints its working and refuses a bad input; 8 checks in its selftest, every command on the record.
What it does once your AI has it.
check FAILS or HOLDS, every finding and every line to check
sources Where to ask, by kind
disclose The line that says an AI helped
On the record A draft that says "vote yes on it", carries a link, makes date, place and eligibility claims with no official source and never says an AI helped FAILS on 4 findings, with 4 lines to check; a rewritten draft that sends people to the election office and says an AI helped HOLDS, with 2 lines to check; an empty draft is refused. sources lists seven topics by kind, never a link, and disclose gives the line for an answer and for a post.
What it will never do.
It will never tell anyone how to vote; never invent a link, an address or a deadline; never state a place's election law as settled.
It waits on laws that differ by place: who may vote, the deadlines, the ID rules and the disclosure rules change from one place to the next, so it states none as settled and sends people to the election office. It reads words, so persuasion put another way, or in a picture, can slip past it, and a person reads every draft. A check, not legal advice. It is an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong, so check what matters against your own records and the source.
What’s in the buy.
CARD.md — the whole card: who it is, its laws, when it says no, what it carries · SKILL.md — the door your AI reads first · START-HERE.md — the first five minutes, for you
HORIZON-TWO.md + THE-ELECTION-CHECK.md — the guides in references/, in the card's own voice
scripts/election.py — the machine: check · sources · disclose, standard library only, selftest 8/8
WITNESS.md + SELFTEST.md — every command on the record, as it printed · MANIFEST.md, every file hashed · AUDIT.md, the twelve checks
MY-LEDGER.md — the card's memory, on your own machine · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · HOSTS.md
card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html, the card as one offline file · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Claude Code and MCP hosts (rules/, system/, mcp/)
PROOF · SELFTEST 8/8 · 3 COMMANDS ON THE RECORD · WITNESSED IN CLAUDE 2026-10-11 · EDITION 1 · PUNCH 36AE6937901CBB5D990F583C
ON EVERY DOOR · A CARD FOR YOUR AI, A FILE FOR YOUR COMPUTER
In Claude: turn on code execution under Settings › Capabilities, then Customize › Skills › + › Create skill, and upload the zip as it is — START-HERE.md in the box walks you through it, and tells you how to keep the ledger. In ChatGPT, Gemini and the rest: a Project, a GPT or a Gem with the card’s files attached and the short door in the box pasted as its instructions. The words run anywhere an AI reads Markdown; the machines run wherever the host runs Python. Witnessed in Claude only. The host marks →
Take it.
Nº 1170 PROPOSED — LAUNCHING SOON
Sold as is under the term printed. A card instructs an AI you operate; results depend on your model, your files and your judgement. Not medical, legal, tax or financial advice, never the person’s boss, and not a licence to practise. The terms →
One payment. The file is yours to keep and keeps working at its edition; new editions issued in the year after you buy reach you by email as replacement files. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. Nothing auto-renews.
A TERM, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION: NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF AND NOBODY IS CHARGED AGAIN. WHEN A TERM ENDS THE FILES STAY ON YOUR COMPUTER AND STAY READABLE — FREEZE, NOT LOSS.
THE MACHINE · IN THE OPEN · FROM THE WITNESSED RUN OF 2026-10-11
election.py, every command showing its working.
A small Python program, standard library only. Your AI runs it; you can too. Every block below is pasted from the card’s own WITNESS.md, as printed.
check
FAILS or HOLDS, every finding and every line to check
sources
where to ask, by kind
disclose
the line that says an AI helped
selftest
8 checks that prove the machine; it must print 8/8
check · FAILS OR HOLDS, EVERY FINDING AND EVERY LINE TO CHECK
$ python3 scripts/election.py check draft-1.txt
draft-1.txt · 4 lines
FAIL · line 1 · PERSUADES · "…families, so vote yes on it." — never tell anyone how to vote
FAIL · line 4 · LINK · a link the check cannot vouch for (not repeated here) — name the election office by kind instead
FAIL · NO SOURCE · the draft makes claims about dates, places or who may vote and names no official source: point to the election office by kind
FAIL · DISCLOSURE · nothing says an AI helped: add "This answer was written with the help of an AI. Check dates, places and who may vote with your local election office."
CHECK · line 2 · DATE · "Polls close at 8…" — check against the election office
CHECK · line 2 · PLACE · "…and your polling place is at…" — check against the election office
CHECK · line 3 · DATE · "…registered by Oct 20." — check against the election office
CHECK · line 3 · WHO MAY VOTE · "You must be 18 and…" — check against the election office
verdict: FAILS · 4 findings · 4 lines to check against the election office
a check, not legal advice: election law differs by place, and the election office's word is the source
check · FAILS OR HOLDS, EVERY FINDING AND EVERY LINE TO CHECK
$ python3 scripts/election.py check draft-2.txt --report draft-2-check.md
draft-2.txt · 4 lines
CHECK · line 2 · PLACE · "Your polling place is printed…" — check against the election office
CHECK · line 3 · WHO MAY VOTE · "…and what ID is needed, is…" — check against the election office
verdict: HOLDS · 2 lines to check against the election office
a check, not legal advice: election law differs by place, and the election office's word is the source
report written to draft-2-check.md
check · FAILS OR HOLDS, EVERY FINDING AND EVERY LINE TO CHECK
$ python3 scripts/election.py check empty.txt
an empty draft: there is nothing to check
sources · WHERE TO ASK, BY KIND
$ python3 scripts/election.py sources
where to ask, by kind (never an invented link or address):
register whether and how to register, and whether you are · your local election office
where where to vote, and its hours · your local election office, or the sample ballot or voter guide it sends
when the dates and the deadlines · the election office's own calendar
who who may vote: age, citizenship, residence, ID · your local election office; the law where you live sets it
mail voting by mail or early · your local election office
results the results · the official results the election office publishes
problem a problem at a polling place · the poll workers there, then your local election office
the office goes by different names in different places (a county, city or town clerk; a board or commission of elections):
name the kind, and let the person find their own
sources · WHERE TO ASK, BY KIND
$ python3 scripts/election.py sources --topic who
where to ask, by kind (never an invented link or address):
who who may vote: age, citizenship, residence, ID · your local election office; the law where you live sets it
the office goes by different names in different places (a county, city or town clerk; a board or commission of elections):
name the kind, and let the person find their own
disclose · THE LINE THAT SAYS AN AI HELPED
$ python3 scripts/election.py disclose
This answer was written with the help of an AI. Check dates, places and who may vote with your local election office.
(it says an AI helped, and it points to the election office by kind)
disclose · THE LINE THAT SAYS AN AI HELPED
$ python3 scripts/election.py disclose --kind post
Written with the help of an AI. For dates, places and who may vote, ask your local election office.
(it says an AI helped, and it points to the election office by kind)
THE NUMBERS, NAMES AND DATES IN THESE RUNS ARE THE STUDIO’S OWN EXAMPLES, INVENTED FOR THE RECORD; NO REAL COMPANY, PERSON OR PROPERTY IS NAMED.
QUESTIONS AT THE TABLE
Asked before the wire.
What does it need from me?
Draft the answer or the post. It asks first for the draft answer or post as a text file, and whether it is an answer to a question or a post.
Does it send anything anywhere?
No. The machine is a standard-library Python program that runs on your own computer and sends nothing anywhere; the words run wherever an AI reads Markdown. No server, no account, no key.
What is on the record?
The self-test (8/8) and every command run on real example inputs, pasted into WITNESS.md as they printed; the punch on the face is the SHA-256 of SKILL.md, so a downloaded copy can be checked against this room.
Can it be wrong?
Yes — it is an AI reading a text file. It waits on laws that differ by place: who may vote, the deadlines, the ID rules and the disclosure rules change from one place to the next, so it states none as settled and sends people to the election office. It reads words, so persuasion put another way, or in a picture, can slip past it, and a person reads every draft. A check, not legal advice.
What will it never do?
It will never tell anyone how to vote; never invent a link, an address or a deadline; never state a place's election law as settled.
