Internet Resources on Election in The United States

Introductory compilation of resources (PDF - 508KB)

News coverage links

General Election Process

About Elections and Voting - U.S. Federal Election Commission

• http://www.fec.gov/index.shtml

Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representative

• http://clerk.house.gov/ 

Campaign Finance

Campaign Finance - Hoover Institution

• http://www.campaignfinancesite.org/

Campaign Finance Institute - Campaign Finance eGuide

• http://www.cfinst.org/

Center for Responsive Politics' Open Secrets|

• http://www.opensecrets.org/

Glossary of Campaign Finance Reform Terms - Common Cause

• http://www.commoncause.org/issue_agenda/glossary.htm

U.S. Federal Election Commission - enforcement of laws
regulating campaign fund

• http://www.fec.gov/

Campaign Finance - CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/35082.pdf (PDF 100 KB)
  

Campaign Finance Reform: A Legal Analysis of Issue &
Express Advocacy -- CRS Report|

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22690.pdf (PDF 56 KB)
  

Campaign Finance Reform: Regulating Political Communications
on the Internet

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/57091.pdf (PDF 38 KB)
  

Campaign Finance in the 2000 Federal Elections: Overview &
Estimates of the flow of money -- CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22896.pdf (PDF 119 KB)
  

Campaign Finance: Brief Overview of McConnell v. FEC -- CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22686.pdf (PDF 37 KB)
  

Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money -- CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/38015.pdf (PDF 70 KB)
  

Caucuses and Primaries

Background Information

• http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/26221.htm

Foreign Press Center Briefing

• http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/26223.htm

Iowa Caucuse

• 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 Globe – Convention

• http://www.boston.com/news/politics/conventions/

Conventions - Background Information

• http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/chrnconv.html

Voting

About Elections and Voting - U.S. Federal Election Commission

• http://www.fec.gov/index.shtml

Election Reform Briefing - Securing the Vote

• http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/initiatives_detail.aspx?initiativeID=34044

Elections - Electronic Voting Offers Opportunities and Presents Challenge

• http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04766t.pdf (PDF 2.8 MB)
  

Elections: Status and Use of Federal Voting Equipment Standards - GAO Report

• http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0252.pdf (PDF 603 KB)
  

Frequently Asked Questions About Voting System Standards - U.S. Federal Election Commission

• http://www.fec.gov/index.shtml

Help America Vote Act (HAVA) - Public Law 107-252, October 29, 2002

• http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/hava/pl252_107.pdf (PDF 603 KB)
  

How America Votes in 2004 - Foreign Press Center Briefing

• http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/37310.htm

The Upsurge in Voter Registration and Expectations for Turnout in the 2004 Elections - FPC Briefing

• http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/37382.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 (PDF 121 KB)
  

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 (PDF 299 KB)
  

Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs):
Analysis of Security Issues - CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/31342.pdf (PDF 206 KB)
  

Internet Voting - CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22714.pdf (PDF 40 KB)
  

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 (PDF 212 KB)
  

The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Background
& Issues - CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/22715.pdf (PDF 212 KB)
  

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/

The Electoral College by William C. Kimberling, Deputy Director,
FEC Office of Election Admin

• http://www.fec.gov/pdf/eleccoll.pdf (PDF 404 KB)
  

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 (PDF 141 KB)
  

The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections -- CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/36763.pdf (PDF 73 KB)
  

The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 107th Congress -- CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/28091.pdf (PDF 74 KB)
  

The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 108th Congress - CRS Report

• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/50401.pdf (PDF 71 KB)
  

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 Poll

• http://www.zogby.com/