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Election Facts

Smart Voter
http://www.smartvoter.org — Find information on candidates for upcoming elections. You can find local and state candidates and issues.

Easy Voter
http://www.easyvoter.org ― Information about issues and candidates. Home page is available in English, Spanish, Viet, Korean, and Japanese/Chinese.

Project Vote Smart
http://ww.vote-smart.org — View nonpartisan information including voting records of members of the U.S. House and Senate, positions taken by candidates, campaign finances, text of bills and Congressional Record, and links to other political websites. Also, read biographies and discover credentials of politicians.

Politics1
http://www.politics1.com — Get to know the presidential candidates for upcoming or current elections! View profiles of declared, undeclared and draft candidates and access links to official campaign pages.

Political Financing
http://www.opensecrets.org — Information on political financing, who's giving it, who's getting it, and how much.

Soft Money
http://www.commoncause.org/site/ — Searchable data base of soft money contributions to Democratic and Republican national party committees, who's giving it, who's getting it, and what it means.

California Secretary of State Elections Division
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm — Gain voter information for the November election. Find information about ballot initiatives, candidate filing, and voter registration.

Fact Checker
http://www.FactCheck.org — "A nonpartisan, nonprofit consumer advocate for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics." Part of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Investigative Journalism
http://www.publicintegrity.org/ — Website for The Center for Public Integrity, Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest. Articles on the questionable behavior of federal and state governments.

Investigative Journalism
http://www.propublica.org — Investigative journalism in the public interest. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting, among other prizes and awards.

Citizens for Ethics
http://www.citizensforethics.org — Website for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Provides reporting from a wide range of sources, and acts to inform or prod government agencies.

Taxpayers for Common Sense
http://www.taxpayer.net — Taxpayers for Common Sense is an independent and non-partisan voice for taxpayers working to increase transparency and expose and eliminate wasteful and corrupt subsidies, earmarks, and corporate welfare.