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Akashic is free to read and free to reuse — every place page, every election, every map, licensed CC BY. One-time contributions fund the work that widens the record. No paywall follows either way.
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It adds up — serving the entire atlas costs a few hundred dollars a month, and contributions extend the runway.
Contribute $5 →Fund the narrative
Moves a city or county up the editorial queue — most of the 18,490 place pages still await their narrative profile.
Contribute $20 →Fund the archive
Funds the archive work: re-keying pre-1892 county returns from the original state canvasses, era by era.
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Three named projects, in order: re-keying the pre-1892 county record from the original state canvasses so the atlas can carry the full sweep of American elections from primary sources; narrative profiles for the thousands of city and county pages that still hold only the tables; and hardening the self-sourced election-night runtime ahead of November 2026, so live results stay open data rather than a licensed feed.
Akashic is an independent project, not a nonprofit — contributions are not tax-deductible. They are also never required: the reference stays free either way.
Atlas+ membership funds the same work and adds the power tools — a larger Canvas library, a higher Ask limit, and member data exports.