Elections 2004 - U Michigan Documents Center Annotated links to resources for locating information primarily about federal elections in the United States, candidates, campaigns, the election process, policy issues (such as military service, gay marriage, health insurance coverage), historical elections, voting, etc
FundRace.org - Campaign Contributions map of contributions by area, location search (home address) to find those who live near you that have made presidential campaign contributions, search for friends or celebrities by name | calculations based on records filed with the FEC of contributions by all individuals
League of Independent Voters formed to encourage progressive young adults 18-35 to participate in the 2004 U.S. federal election | description of stands on issues and information for organizing in local & regional areas, special focus on "swing states"
National Ballot Integrity Project "a consortium of national, state and local organizations committed to the transparency and integrity of our elections"
Political Communications Lab - Stanford U experimental studies on how traditional & internet polls work | Voter Attention Share project - tracking daily
news references to election issues | other projects, audio lecture on online polling
United States Elections 2004 - U.S. Information Office "This publication provides an introductory overview of the American electoral process for people who are not familiar with U.S. election practices and traditions."
WhiteHouseForSale - Public Citizen "gives the media and the public detailed information about who's getting what in return for their campaign gifts"
The World Votes "gives people all around the world a voice in the forthcoming U.S. Presidential Election"
Youth04 "grassroots organizing to transform the role 18-25 year olds will play in the 2004 election"
Voting
Citizens for Approval Voting "Approval Voting allows you the option of voting for any number of candidates for a given office. The candidate who collects the most votes wins."
FairVote - Center for Voting Democracy instant runoff voting (IRV), analysis of IRV & plurality election systems, cost of runoff elections, voter turnout issues, FAQ, related legislation, animated teaching materials, news, communities using IRV
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) browse, search by topic, cartoonist, publication date, keyword, cartoonist profiles, editorial cartoon news briefs, RSS, "Cartoons for the Classroom" - lesson plans & other classroom materials
Bill of Rights Defense Committee Hawaii was the first to pass a statewide resolution, citing the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II as a motivating factor
CampusProgress.org "an effort to strengthen progressive voices on college and university campuses nationwide" | student journalism, interviews & resources for young activists, arts & culture stories, audio & video content, community of campus bloggers
Congressional Progressive Caucus "...share a common belief in the principles of social and economic justice, non-discrimination and tolerance in America, and in our relationships with other countries"
updates, briefs, alerts, issues in Congress, members
DemocracyNow.org national daily award-winning program, independent, int'l journalists' perspectives
FactCheck.org monitors politicians' factual accuracy - Annenberg Political Fact Check - Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University Institute of Politics - Kennedy School of Government reflecting JFK's commitment to public service, internship opportunities, study groups, conferences, speakers, research, publications, student voting polls, youth civic engagement, video archive of recent Forum events
Impeach Central "The Bush Administration has violated domestic and international laws, circumvented the Constitution, and undermined our democratic rights"
Oligopoly Watch "an attempt to make sense of the business pages in the newspaper, particularly the stories about mergers and acquistions...how and why big companies keep growing bigger"
OpenCongress.org -
Sunlight Foundation &
Participatory Politics Foundation "brings together official government data with news and blog coverage to give
you the real story behind each bill...free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan"
| Bills, Senators, Representatives, Committees, Industries, Issues, Blog
Open Debates "A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to reforming the presidential debate process currently secretly controlled by the major parties and called by Walter Cronkite 'unconscionable'"
Our Future "citizen activists & policy experts concerned about our country & our planet" | Issues & Campaigns, Projects,
Press Center, Action Center, Institute
PetitionPetition.com provides free posting of petitions, automated signing and circulation
Pledge of Action to Stop A Stolen Election "a joint project of United for Peace & Justice, Global Exchange, Code Pink, and The Liberty Tree Foundation for
the Democratic Revolution" | Election Reform: Campaign Financing, Election Rules, Center for Voting and Democracy,
Proportional representation, The Electoral College, Presidential debates, The Power of Incumbency, Corporate-financed Conventions, Democratic Participation and Competition, Tamper-proof Voting Machines, Free Access to Commercial Media, Expanding Suffrage
Political Advocacy Groups: A Directory of United States Lobbyists lists lobbying groups by issue, contact information, brief description, number of times "news articles across the country quoted, mentioned, or cited each group", whether the group rates the performance of members of Congress, searchable
Public Citizen "a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts" | News, Publications, Email Alerts, Voting, Action | Auto Safety, Congress Watch, Health Research, Litigation, Home Heating, Global Trade Watch, Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program
The Radical Middle policy issues, conferences, books - politics, law, business, global governance - "Radical Middle thinkers and
activists take the best (the most humane, the most practical, the most inclusive) ideas from the left AND right, and also go beyond them..."
Roper Center: Polling 101 - U Conn "the largest library of public opinion data in the world."
Sampling, Total Survey Error, Reading Tables, Role of Polls in Policymaking, Public Opinion Matters: recent polls on economic issues, education, technology, Links
Silent Partners - How Political Non-Profits Work the System - The Center for Public Integrity news & info on contributions by 527 organizations related to state & federal elections 2000 to present | These
organizations can raise "unlimited contributions and can spend millions on advertising so long as they do not
specifically call for the election or defeat of a
federal candidate." | lists of major committees & individual donors, searchable database on 500 committees
SourceWatch formerly called the "Disinfopedia", a collaborative project to produce a
directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that
work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests.
Sponsored by the Center for Media and Democracy
Talking Points Memo "Joshua Micah Marshall, PhD American History, Brown University, is a writer living in Washington, DC. He is a Contributing Writer for the Washington Monthly and a columnist for The Hill."
U.S. Congress Votes Database - Washington Post congressional votes since 1991, by Congress or individual, by type such as impeachments, treaties, vice-presidential tiebreakers, RSS feed of recent votes by each member of Congress