Create a virtual python environment for the project. If you're not using virtualenv or virtualenvwrapper you may skip this step.
mkvirtualenv ballotify
virtualenv ballotify
source ballotify/bin/activate
git clone git@github.com:ballotify/ballotify-backend.git
cd ballotify
pip install -r reqs/dev.txt
cp ballotify/settings/dev.py.example ballotify/settings/dev.py
vi ballotify/settings/dev.py
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver