About U.S. Elections
Election Process
FairVote (formerly the Center for Voting and Democracy)
Organization dedicated to achieving universal access to participation, they provide background information on election issues (redistricting, proportion representation, instant runoff issues, and voter turnout for example)
Electoral College
United States Electoral College (NARA)
Electoral college laws and procedures. State-by-state electoral college votes, 1789-2004
Electoral College (Fair Vote)
How the electoral college works, which states bind their electors, faithless electors (Organization is lobbying for Presidential election by popular vote)
Miscellaneous
Fact Checkers
FactCheck.org (Univ of Pennsylvania) - Analyzes claims made by politicians in the news to determine their accuracy.
PolitiFact Truth-O-Meter - Congressional Quarterly and St.Petersburg Times effort to analyze truth in candidate claims. Approach by candidate, subject, or result (true, false, somewhere in between), by party and where they said it.
After the Elections
Plum Book (GPO Access)
List of positions available for Presidential appointment, pay scale, and incumbent. ("Plum" refers to "Political Plum)
Humor
A compilation website of political humor, jokes, cartoons and videos from a variety of media sources.
Register to Vote
To vote in Oregon you must register in the county where you live at least 21 days before an election. All voting in Oregon is vote-by-mail.
If you have moved since the last election, you need to update your voter registration in order to ensure that you receive your ballot. If you need additional information about voter registration, you may wish to contact either of the following sources:
- Oregon Secretary of State (includes information for all 36 Oregon Counties)
- Benton County Elections
Visit the Voting in Oregon Guide for more information.
Unsure if you are already registered? You can find out at the Oregon Secretary of State website.
Campaign Finance
Center for Responsive Politics
Non-partisan research group monitoring campaign finances. Summary reports on Presidential and Congressional campaigns by contributor, industry and zip code. Data base also searchable by donor
Summary receipts and disbursements of Presidential and all Congressional candidates
Search by candidate and year; then drill down to detail on individual contributors
Comprehensive Election Websites
Congress.org election guide - Congress.org is a service of Capitol Advantage and Knowlegis, LLC; private, non-partisan companies that specialize in facilitating civic participation.
Project Vote Smart
Biographies, lobby group ratings, Political Action Committee campaign funding, Candidate answers to the National Political Awareness Test, a questionnaire on issues in the election, Congress, Governors, President, and State Legislatures
