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Internet Resources on Election in The United States

General Election Process

Internet Sites
About Elections and Voting - U.S. Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/index.shtml

Election 2004 - U.S. Department of State Pamphlet
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/election04/

Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/elections.html

Elections - "Information USA" - U.S. Dept. of State, International Information Programs
http://usinfo.state.gov/infousa/government/govt_elections.html

Campaign Finance

Campaign Finance - Hoover Institution
http://www.campaignfinancesite.org/

Campaign Finance Institute - Campaign Finance eGuide
http://www.cfinst.org/eguide/

Campaign Finance Law Resources - U.S. Federal Election Commission|
http://www.fec.gov/finance_law.html

Center for Responsive Politics' Open Secrets|
http://www.opensecrets.org/

Election Commission Reviews Advocacy Group Committees
http://usinfo.state.gov/dhr/Archive/2004/May/06-82426.html

Financing Presidential Election Campaigns - by Herbert E. Alexander
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/0996/ijde/alex.htm

Glossary of Campaign Finance Reform Terms - Common Cause
http://www.commoncause.org/issue_agenda/glossary.htm

Political Party Finance under BCRA (Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act): An Initial Assessment
http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/views/papers/corrado20040311_paper.pdf

PoliticalMoneyLine Guide to Presidential Races - 2004 Presidential Race
http://www.tray.com/cgi-win/indexhtml.exe?MBF=pres

Supreme Court Decision - McConnell v Federal Election Commision, Dec. 10, 2003
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?ourt=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=02-1674

The State of Campaign Finance by Joseph E. Cantor
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/election04/campaign$.htm

U.S. Federal Election Commission - enforcement of laws regulating campaign funds
http://www.fec.gov/

Campaign Finance - CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/35082.pdf

Campaign Finance Reform: A Legal Analysis of Issue & Express Advocacy -- CRS Report|
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22690.pdf

Campaign Finance Reform: Regulating Political Communications on the Internet
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/57091.pdf

Campaign Finance in the 2000 Federal Elections: Overview & Estimates of the flow of money -- CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22896.pdf

Campaign Finance: Brief Overview of McConnell v. FEC -- CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22686.pdf

Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money -- CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/38015.pdf

Caucuses and Primaries

Background Information
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/26221.htm

Foreign Press Center Briefings
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/26223.htm

Iowa Caucuses
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/26222.htm

New Hampshire Primary
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/26225.htm

South Carolina Primary
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/27981.htm

Conventions

Boston - Site of the 2004 Democratic National Convention
http://www.boston04.com/ 

Boston Globe – Conventions
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/conventions/

Conventions - Background Information
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/chrnconv.html

Democratic National Convention 2004
http://www.dems2004.org/

Republican National Convention 2004
http://www.2004nycgop.org/

Voting

About Elections and Voting - U.S. Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/elections.html

Absentee Voting - Encyclopedia Americana
http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0001630-00&templatename=/article/article.html

Ballots - Electronic Journal - U.S. Department of State, IIP
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/1004/ijde/ballots.htm

Election Reform Briefing - Securing the Vote
http://www.electionline.org/site/docs/pdf/EB7_new.pdf

Elections - Electronic Voting Offers Opportunities and Presents Challenges
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04766t.pdf

Elections: Status and Use of Federal Voting Equipment Standards - GAO Report
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0252.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions About Voting System Standards - U.S. Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/pages/faqsvss.htm

Help America Vote Act (HAVA) - Public Law 107-252, October 29, 2002
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/hava/pl252_107.pdf

How America Votes in 2004 - Foreign Press Center Briefing
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/37310.htm

Statement by Wendy Silverman, Dept. of State, at Opening Session of the SHDM on Electoral Standards
http://www.usosce.rpo.at/archive/2004/07/SHDM_Silverman_07_15_04.pdf

The Upsurge in Voter Registration and Expectations for Turnout in the 2004 Elections - FPC Briefing
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/37382.htm

U.S. Election Procedures by Michael W. Traugott
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/election04/procedure.htm

Voting Day - Electronic Journal, U.S. Department of State, IIP
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/1004/ijde/day.htm

Voting Machine - Encyclopedia Americana
http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0406930-00&templatename=/article/article.html

Voting Technology - Electronic Journal, U.S. Department of State, IIP
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/1004/ijde/technology.htm

Voting and Registration - U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2002 - U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-552.pdf

2004 Poll Closing Times - Generall Election
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/37333.htm

Committee for the Study of the American Electorate - President Bush, Mobilization Drives Propel Turnout to Post-1968 High
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/37992.pdf

Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues - CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/31342.pdf

Internet Voting - CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22714.pdf

Registration Rises Moderately - Battleground States Lead the Way - Independents Gain Most - Committee for the Study of the American Electorate
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/37666.pdf

The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Background & Issues - CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22715.pdf

Electoral College

Distribution of Electoral Votes - U.S. Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/pages/elecvote.htm

How the Electoral College Works - U.S. Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/pages/ecworks.htm

The Electoral College by William C. Kimberling, Deputy Director, FEC Office of Election Admin
http://www.fec.gov/pdf/eleccoll.pdf

The Sleeping Giant: Still Asleep?The Role of the Electoral College.. 2004 U.S. Presidential Election
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/36875.htm

U.S. Electoral College - U.S. Archives & Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/electoral_college.html

The Electoral College: An Overview and Analysis of Reform Proposals -- CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/38014.pdf

The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections -- CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/36763.pdf

The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 107th Congress -- CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/28091.pdf

The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 108th Congress - CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/50401.pdf

2006 Midterm Elections

Polls

Gallup Poll
http://poll.gallup.com/

Political Resources - Polling Sources - Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_political_resources.php?

PollingReport.com
http://www.pollingreport.com/2006.htm

Zogby Polls
http://www.zogby.com/