Election Information
- CQ Politics
CQ Politics is a free news site provided by Congressional Quarterly (CQ) with
political news, political blogs and articles. The site includes a political
toolkit with links to other Web sites that have a connection to CQ, and also
links to non-CQ sites.
http://www.cqpolitics.com
- Campaign U. Higher Education and the 2008 Candidates
This freely accessible blog, published by the Chronicle of Higher Education, provides links
to articles focusing on the 2008 elections as they affect students, colleges and
universities, and higher education policy.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/election/
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
This is the Web site for the body that regulates presidential elections in the
United States. The FEC is an independent regulatory agency, with duties to
disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law
such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public
funding of presidential elections. Information related to these duties can
be found on their Web site.
http://www.fec.gov
-
Librarian’s Internet Index—Politics—2008 Presidential Election
This sites provides links to “websites you can trust” on the 2008 Presidential Election
including sites focusing on the candidates, classroom materials, general resources, humor,
news coverage and those on specific issues.
http://search.lii.org/index.jsp
- Map the Candidates
The online magazine Slate uses a Google Maps mashup to trace the geography of the 2008
presidential campaign, tracking candidate travel and linking to videos and local coverage
of campaign stops. An especially interesting use of GIS technology.
http://www.slate.com/id/2175817/
- New York Times Election Guide 2008
This site contains a suite of tools to analyze the 2008 presidential campaign including information
on each of the candidates, the primary season, candidate event schedules, campaign finances, and
where the candidates stand on issues such as health care, immigration and Iraq.
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/election/index.html
- Citizen Action of Wisconsin
The website offers information about elections and issues, as well as action alerts,
news about local activities, and organizing efforts. Citizen Action of Wisconsin organizes
people to make Wisconsin a better place to live and work. The group unites over 100
dues-paying affiliates in the fight for a better future for our families and communities.
The affiliates include the state’s leading labor, senior citizen, environmental, community,
religious, women’s, family farm, teacher, and civil rights organizations and Native American tribes.
http://citizenactionwi.org/
- The Wheeler Report
The 2006 Wisconsin Vote
http://thewheelerreport.com/lxn06/index.htm
- Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (WDC) is a nonpartisan political
watchdog group working for clean government and real democracy. To carry out
this mission, WDC tracks the money in state politics and elections
and works for campaign finance reform, media reform and other pro-democracy
reforms.
http://www.wisdc.org
- Wisconsin State Elections Board
The Board is empowered with the responsibility of administering and enforcing
the state's election and campaign finance laws. It's Web site contains such
information as Wisconsin election laws, Wisconsin election campaigns, election
results, campaign finance in Wisconsin, voter registration in Wisconsin, where
to vote and how to apply for an absentee ballot.
http://elections.state.wi.us/
- BallotWatch
Produced by the Initiative & Referendum Institute at the University
of Southern California, this site provides status reports on efforts
underway to qualify an initiative or referendum for a statewide ballot.
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/ballotwatch.htm
- Center for the American Woman and Politics (CAWP)
This site is sponsored by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)
which is a university-based research, education, and public service center
with a mission to promote greater understanding and knowledge about women's
participation in politics and government and to enhance women's influence and
leadership in public life. The site includes information on women appointed
and elected officials, women candidates for public office and women's voting
trends and hotlinks to related sites.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/
- Congressional Directory
The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress. It presents short biographies of
each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships,
terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers. It also lists
officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C.
government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats, and members of the press, radio,
and television galleries.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html
- D.C.'s Political Report: List of American Political Parties
This Web Site contains links to every conceivable political party in the United
States.
http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/IDParties.htm
- DemocracyNet
A project of the Center for Governmental Studies and the League of Women Voters,
this site includes an online voter guide with state-specific information.
http://dnet.org
- FactCheck.Org
The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public
Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. It is a nonpartisan,
nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion
in U.S. politics by monitoring the factual accuracy of what is said by
major US political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews,
and news releases in order to increase public knowledge and understanding.
http://www.factcheck.org/
- League of Women Voters: Voter Information
This site includes lots of voter information including links to local candidate
information, information on how to register to vote, and more.
http://www.lwv.org/voter/
- Opensecrets.org
Formerly the Center for Responsive Politics, it is a non-partisan, non-profit
research group that specializes in campaign finance. Find information about campaigns,
specific politicians, corporations and the political action committees (PAC's)
that support them.
http://www.opensecrets.org
- Politifact
A project of the St. Petersburg Times and CQ (Congressional Quarterly), this site uses
scorecards, factsheets, and articles to review claims made by candidates (the Truth-O-Meter)
and attacks from opponents (the Attack File). The site includes rulings on some claims,
using a six-point scale that ranges from “True” to “Pants on Fire.”
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/
- Poynteronline
Links to the News: Presidential Debates
Created and maintained by the Poynter Institute (an organization for journalists,)
this site includes a compilation of links to materials about selected presidential
debates from 1960 to the present. It also includes a bibliography and links to general
resources about presidential debates.
http://poynteronline.org/column.asp?id=49&aid=71327
- Project Vote Smart
Produced by a non-partisan group, this site includes biographical history,
voting records, campaign finances and promises, performance evaluations,
and other information for voters about elected officials and candidates.
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
- WSSLinks: Women & Politics
Developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Association
of College and Research Libraries, this site provides a selective, annotated
list of links with information on women and politics.
http://libr.org/WSS/WSSLinks/politics.html
- Yahoo's
Election Site Listings
Almost everything you might want to know about elections and voting.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Politics/Elections/
- Where to Vote in the City of Milwaukee
http://itmdapps.ci.mil.wi.us/electedreps/electrep.jsp
- How to Register to Vote (In Wisconsin)
http://elections.state.wi.us/faq_detail.asp?faqid=119&fid=27
- How to Apply for an Absentee Ballot (In Wisconsin)
http://elections.state.wi.us/faq_detail.asp?faqid=120&fid=27
- Declare Yourself: State by State Info
Deadlines for voter registration vary by state. This site includes a full list of registration deadlines and voter laws by state.
http://www.declareyourself.com/voting_faq/state_by_state_info_2.html
- GoVote.org
Online Voter Registration from Working Assets and Mobile Voter, this site allows individuals to click to register to vote or update
their voter registration information.
http://www.govote.org
- Just Vote
Launched in early 2004 by folks who simply want to encourage people
to vote, this is a simple site that gives information and handy online
forms for registering to vote, absentee voting and locating polling
stations nationwide.
http://justvote.org
- Vote411
This site is sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education fund and provides
information at the state level for absentee voting, election dates, voter registration,
voting machines, eligibility requirements, etc.
http://vote411.org
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