Web Sites for Informed Voters
http://www.snc.edu/peaceandjustice/docs/websitesforinformedvoters.doc http://www.snc.edu/peaceandjustice/resources.html
WHERE TO VOTE / REGISTER http://www.legis.state.wi.us/ltsb/redistricting/districts.htm http://vpa.wi.gov/VoterSearchScreen.aspx?Language=en-us http://www.co.brown.wi.us/County_Clerk/Polls.htm http://www.usayfoundation.org/ HOW TO VOTE / REGISTER / ABSENTEE BALLOT http://www.co.brown.wi.us/county_clerk/election.htm WI State Districts - Maps Check Your Voter Registration Status Polling Places in Brown County, WI US Advocates for Youth Brown County Clerk – Election info
WHEN TO VOTE - POLITICAL CALENDARS http://www.nass.org/ Nat’l Ass’n of Secretaries of State http://www.nass.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=92 Presidential Primary Calendar http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/primaries/ Presidential Primary Tracker CANDIDATES / ELECTION NEWS http://usinfo.state.gov/dhr/democracy/elections/candidates_and_parties.html US Dept of State http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/ CNN Election Center 2008 http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/ Road to the White House - Primaries Results http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/ Chicago Tribune 2008 http://www.presidentialelection.com/ Presidential Election http://online.wsj.com/public/page/election2008.html?mod=2_1309 Wall Street Journal COMPARE CANDIDATES http://www.networklobby.org/NEP%20ElectionChart%20WEB.pdf NETWORK Candidate Chart http://www.votebyissue.org/election2008/ Vote by Issue Quiz http://www.ontheissues.org/Candidates.htm Compare Candidates http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html Select Smart – Candidate Selector http://www.candidatescomparison.com/ Candidates Comparison http://www.youtube.com/youchoose YouTube – You Choose “08 http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460 Select a Candidate Quiz http://politicalcompass.org/ Political Compass Test http://www.lcv.org/voterguide/ League of Conservation Voters – voter guide http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=2558 Yes Magazine - Foreign Policy CANDIDATES’ VOTING HISTORY http://www.vote-smart.org/official_five_categories.php?dist=voting_category.php Project Vote Smart http://capwiz.com/networklobby/scorecard.xc?chamber=S&state=US&session=1101&x=6&y=11 NETWORK Federal Vote Scorecard POLITICAL PARTY PLATFORMS http://www.networklobby.org/PlatformfortheCommonGood.pdf Platform for the Common Good http://www.aipca.org/Platform/platform.html American Independent Party http://www.constitutionparty.com/party_platform.php Constitution Party http://www.democrats.org/ Democratic Party http://www.democrats.org/a/party/platform.html Democratic Party - Platform http://www.gp.org/platform.shtml Green Party http://www.lp.org/ Libertarian Party http://www.natural-law.org/platform/ Natural Law Party http://reformparty.org/platform.htm Reform Party http://www.rnc.org/ Republican Party http://www.gop.com/2008Platform/ Republican Party - Platform http://socialistparty-usa.org/platform/ Socialist Party
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ISSUES and INFORMATION http://www.lwv.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home League of Women Voters http://www.lwvwi.org/cms/ League of Women Voters WI http://www.peace-action.org/ Peace Action http://www.vote-smart.org/ Project Vote Smart http://www.gwu.edu/~action/P2008.html Democracy in Action http://www.fairvote.org/ Fair Vote http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/ CNN Election Center http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1102#/primaries/ NPR Election 2008 http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/index.html NY Times Election Guide http://www.thebostonchannel.com/compare-candidates/index.html Boston Channel http://www.aidemocracy.org/ Americans for an Informed Democracy http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/americas/2008/vote_usa_2008/default.stm BBC Vote USA 2008 http://www.voanews.com/english/US-Elections-2008.cfm Voice of America 2008 US Elections http://www.wbay.com/Global/category.asp?C=109415 WBAY Vote 2008 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/preelection/index.html?SITE=ILCHTELN&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT AP Political Headlines http://www.mtv.com/chooseorlose/partners/votesmart/ MTV Choose or Lose - Vote Smart http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/issuehome.cfm Public Agenda - Issue Guides http://www.factcheck.org/ Fact Check http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=2558 Foreign Policy http://www.greenvoting.com/ Green Voting CATHOLIC VOICE http://www.votethecommongood.com/ http://www.networklobby.org/ http://www.networklobby.org/issues/background.htm http://www.usccb.org/faithfulcitizenship/ http://www.wisconsin.nasccd.org/ http://www.coc.org/election2008
Vote the Common Good Nat’l Catholic Social Justice Lobby - How issues are analyzed CST USCCB Faithful Citizenship WI Catholic Conference Center of Concern
ELECTORAL COLLEGE http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html Nat’l Archives and Records Administration http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010725.html US Census Bureau http://www.uselectionatlas.org/ Atlas of US Presidential Elections http://www.uselectionatlas.org/TOOLS/evcalc.php - Electoral College Calculator http://www.270towin.com/ 270 to Win FOLLOW THE MONEY http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp http://www.fundrace.org/moneyindex.html http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/elections/ http://moneyline.cq.com/pml/home.do
OpenSecrets Huffington Post - Who has the most campaign money? CQ MoneyLine
POLITICAL HUMOR http://rhetorica.net/ Rhetorica http://www.slate.com/id/2175823/ Slate Magazine http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/election2008/a/electionjokes_4.htm 2008 Election Jokes http://www.hillnews.com/ The Hill http://www.iowavotes2008.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=72 Political Jokes http://news.us.newsfutures.com/election2008.html Futures http://www.indecision2008.com Comedy Central’s Indecision 2008
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