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Election 2008: A Web Guide |
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For Massachusetts Voters
- 2008 State Ballot Questions
- Information about the three Massachusetts ballot questions, from the Mass. Elections Division.
- Question 1: Eliminating State Income Tax
- The Coalition for Our Communities is opposed to Question 1, while the Committee for Small Government is in favor. Visit their websites for more information.
- Check Your Voter Status: City of Springfield
- You can check your voter registration status and find out where to vote by entering your NAME, ADDRESS and DATE OF BIRTH on this form. For residents of Springfield only.
- City of Springfield Election Commission
- Includes information about voting in Springfield.
- How to Register to vote
- Information on registering to vote for Massachusetts citizens from the Mass. Elections Division, including an online request for a Voter Registration Form. Remember: you cannot register to vote online in Massachusetts; you must mail in your form or drop it off at your local City Hall or Town Hall. The deadline for registering for the November general election is October 15.
- Imagine Election for Massachusetts
- Quick information for Massachusetts voters on the candidates and questions for the November ballot. Fill in your address for a look at the ballot and updates on candidates.
- Important Election Dates in Massachusetts:
- Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. Polls must be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for state elections; the hours vary for local elections.
- League of Women Voters: Voting Information
- Providing Massachusetts voters with comprehensive information about voting, elections and candidates.
- Massachusetts City and Town Directory
- Directory of city and town halls in Massachusetts, with open hours and type of voting machine or method used.
- Massachusetts Elections Division
- Important information for Massachusetts voters from the Elections Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office. Includes lists of statewide candidates, ballot measures, election schedules, previous election results, and links to general information on voting and running for office in the Commonwealth, including information on absentee ballots.
- Massachusetts Legislative District Browser
- Create an online map of Massachusetts House and Senate districts. Search by city or town, zip code, legislator or district.
- Massachusetts Office of Campaigns and Political Finance
- Information from the independent state agency that administers the Massachusetts campaign finance law.
- Massachusetts Voters Bill of Rights
- If you feel that your right to vote has been violated in any way, call the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Elections Division at 1-800-462-VOTE (8683). This call is free within Massachusetts.
- Official Massachusetts Information for Voters
- From the Mass. Elections Division, information about the upcoming election for all eligible voters. In PDF format.
- Where Do I Vote?
- Fill in your address to find your Massachusetts polling place and a list of your elected officials. Note: You must be registered to vote at that address.
- YouthVoteMA
- YouthvoteMA.org is a website created as a resource for students to find information and opportunities to register to vote. The site is targeted at high school students who are, or soon to be, of voting age.
The Political Scene
- American National Election Studies
- Established in 1977 by the National Science Foundation, the American
National Election Studies (ANES) remains as vital a national research
resource as ever. Their website provides important information about public
opinion in the United States along with sophisticated election databases
that will be useful to policy makers and social scientists. - CJR Daily
- Critique and analysis of media coverage of the election from the Columbia Journalism Review.
- CNN: Election Center 2008
- Campaign coverage from CNN.
- Congress Votes Database
- This site lets you browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991. From the Washington Post.
- C-SPAN
- C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. Their mission is to provide public access to the political process.
- Democracy Goes to the Movies
- An annotated list of political films from the Springfield City Library.
- Electiononline.org
- A project of the Pew Center on the States, this is the nation's only nonpartisan, non-advocacy Web site providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform
- Elections 2008: A Web Guide
- Comprehensive collection of sites from the University of Michigan Government Documents Center, covering the campaign, the candidates, the issues, the election, and after. An excellent site to begin your research.
- Electoral-Vote.Com
- The website is dedicated to tracking this year's races by examining the state-by-state polls. As new state polls are released, the maps, spreadsheets, tables, graphs, etc. will be updated. For another poll-watching service, try FiveThirtyEight.
- FactCheck.Org
- Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The FactCheckWire is a blog which tracks fast-breaking news about the election.
- Follow the Money
- Money in state politics plays a pivotal role in shaping public policy in individual states and across the nation. The nonpartisan Institute on Money in State Politics tracks contributions in all 50 states and makes this data easily searchable online. Note: No Massachusetts data currently available.
- Internet Public Library: Election & Voting Resources
- Nice list of voting and election-related links.
- MassLive: Politics
- Campaign and election coverage on the local beat. From the Springfield Republican.
- New York Times: 2008 Election Guide
- Continually updated campaign and election coverage from the New York Times. Requires free registration.
- On The Issues
- Check here for statements from Federal and state candidates on major issues: abortion, crime, corporations, drug policy, education, foreign policy, health care, and much more.
- OpenSecrets.Org
- Your guide to the money in US elections. Tons of data on the Congressional races --- who gives, who gets, and how this effects the issues. Allows you to track contributions by state or zip code as well. From the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy.
- P2008: Race for the White House
- The mission of this site is to provide a framework for citizens to follow the presidential campaign, to point people to the best available resources and information on the campaign, and to present original reporting and photography on the campaign. The site is run by Eric Appleman of Democracy in Action and is sponsored by the George Washington University's Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet, but receives no funding from the Institute.
- Politics Navigator
- Concise list of political sites from the New York Times.
- PolitiFact
- PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly to help you find the truth in the presidential campaign. Every day, reporters and researchers from the Times and CQ will analyze the candidates' speeches, TV ads and interviews and determine whether the claims are accurate.
- Polling 101
- An online tutorial about the polling process and how to read polls. From the Roper Center. Designed for the novice, POLLING 101 provides definitions, examples, and explanations that serve to introduce interested students to the field of public opinion research.
- PollingReport.com
- An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion. Data are from national surveys of the American public.
- Project Vote Smart
- Project Vote Smart, a citizen's information organization, covers candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, and interest group ratings.
- Real Clear Politics
- RealClearPolitics.com (RCP) is America's political web site for intelligent opinion, news, polls and analysis. RCP culls the best columns, magazine articles, and web write ups to deliver readers news from all points of the political compass and covering all the important issues of the day.
- Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics
- The redoubtable Snopes.com takes on political 'urban legends' -- other place to check the veracity of that latest e-mail on the election.
For comments or suggested additional links, please email dgoldthwaite@springfieldlibrary.org
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