Voting Resources
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Voting Education ResourcesA helpful guide from the League of Women Voters in Connecticut.
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Vote SmartProject Vote Smart provides individual Congressmen and Senators' voting records, information about presidential candidates, directories of state legislator, campaign finance information, and reference documents such as the Constitution, the U.S. Government Manual, and How Our Laws are Made.
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Fair Vote: The Center for Voting and DemocracyFair Vote covers various issues on elections including legislations, voting equipment, national and state news coverage, and much more.
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U.S. Census: Voting and RegistrationInformation on reported voting and registration by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics is collected for the nation in November of congressional and presidential election years in the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Election Resource Organizations
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Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS)This site provides an integrated teaching, research, and study program focusing on Congress and the presidency and the interactions of these two basic American institutions. Its projects include federal election project, improving campaign conduct, etc.
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Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)CSES, a collaborative program of cross-national research in over fifty states, conducts research on the effects of electoral institutions on citizens' attitudes and behavior, and democratic institutions across different political regimes.
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ElectionLineA non-partisan, non-advocacy organization providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform. See their resource library for more information on the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Their interactive map lets one see numbers of registered voters, voting age population, voting system used etc.
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Pew Research Center - U.S. PoliticsThis site contains links to survey reports from the Pew Research Center on U.S. Politics & Policy.