Plain Ballot
REMOTE · PLAINBALLOT.COM
A U.S. voter's ballot by address, with an exact quote and source behind every candidate position.
Available components
Last scanned (8 hours ago)
Scores higher than 55% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category News and Social
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security80
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present. View diagnostics → Pass
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability63
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 533 tokens (~177/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management3
- Stability observed for 1 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage78
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 33% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 +7
- Authorization: unverified → partial ▲ security
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 4 Nov 26 63
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://plainballot.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=plainballot.com | CN=YR1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 24 Sept 2026 | 23 Dec 2026 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 613006ee1c6b828923cdcd0a3b167409858 |
| SANs: plainballot.com | ||||||
| CN=YR1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | a20253f15f2691c05dc1ce13b9bcca4e |
| CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | RSA 4096 | SHA256-RSA | f24b6d17f9d9ad7cb1c9fea78782699f |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of plainballot.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| plainballot.com. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| strict-transport-security | max-age=63072000 |
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
| x-frame-options | DENY |
| referrer-policy | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://plainballot.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://plainballot.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 308 | https://plainballot.com/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_ballot Get a ballot ~60
Every researched race on the ballot for a U.S. street address, with each choice's position on the issues that office decides, the exact quote, and the source URL.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| address | string | yes | Full street address with city, state and ZIP |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_issues List the issues ~54
The 18 issues Plain Ballot tracks. Each has two sides, each worded the way its own supporters would say it. Use the short side labels ("l" and "r") when giving priorities to score_fit.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
score_fit Score fit with the voter's priorities ~80
How closely each choice on the voter's ballot fits the priorities the voter stated, from 0 to 100. Plain arithmetic, the same as plainballot.com: issues where a choice has no sourced position are left out, never guessed. Only use priorities the voter actually gave you.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| address | string | yes | – |
| priorities | array | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Plain Ballot MCP server?
Plain Ballot is a hosted endpoint at https://plainballot.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · plainballot.com
claude mcp add --transport http n8peace-plain-ballot 'https://plainballot.com/mcp'
What is the Plain Ballot MCP server?
Plain Ballot is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.n8peace/plain-ballot. A U.S. voter's ballot by address, with an exact quote and source behind every candidate position. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://plainballot.com/mcp).
Is the Plain Ballot MCP server safe to use?
Plain Ballot scores 70 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Plain Ballot MCP server expose?
Plain Ballot exposes 3 tools: list_issues, get_ballot, score_fit. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 194 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Plain Ballot MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Plain Ballot without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Plain Ballot MCP server still maintained?
Plain Ballot is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.