Elections & Politics

Voter Registration in Kentucky

Kentucky Board of Elections:

http://www.kysos.com/Elecfil/register/reginstruction.asp

General Election (November 2, 2004)

Elections Websites:

Quick Facts from the Census Bureau on Presidential Elections http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002957.html

Project VoteSmart http://www.vote-smart.org/

Perhaps the most independent source around, rated the best by the American Political Science Association. Includes a roster of local candidates for state legislatures, congressional seats and the presidency. Just type in your 9-digit zip code.

Rock the Vote

An activist site that issues the challenge: Rock the Vote! http://www.rockthevote.org/

Democracy.Net

A collaboration of the League of Women Voters & Grassroots.com http://www.dnet.org/

Elections- Choose a candidate by how you feel about the issues! http://www.presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2?cp=main

Globalvote 2004 -- This site therefore allows non-Americans to say how they would vote in the 2004 US presidential election. http://217.160.163.211/globalvote2004/

League of Women Voters of Kentucky Citizens Information Service

How to be a savvy voter: how to evaluate the candidates, spot phony issues, etc. http://www.lwvky.org/CitizenInfoService/main.html

Speak Out - a site for political activism http://www.speakout.com/

Talk to Us -- a global video forum, inviting ordinary people around the world to speak directly to the American public. http://www.talktous.org/portal/

Vote: The Machinery of Democracy - http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/index.html

From the Smithsonian, it examines how Americans have historically adopted improved voting techniques as a result of the political, social and technological changes in the country. Some examples include paper ballots, gear & lever voting machines, and the butterfly ballot.

Voter.com --News, issues, candidates, polls, etc. http://www.voter.com/home/0,3382,2--,00.html

POLITICAL PARTY WEB SITES - National & state party sites

http://www.campaignsandpolitics.com/party_web_sites.htm

Federal Election Commission

Who's giving how much to whom? http://www.fec.gov/

Campaigns & Elections Magazine

An online magazine from Congressional Quarterly, Inc. http://www.campaignline.com/

Congressional Biographical Directory

Bios of members of Congress since 1774. http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

Congressional Report Cards

Find out how incumbents voted. Ratings from various advocacy groups: http://www.vis.org/crc/default.aspx

Political Cartoons from America's best editorial cartoonists, including Nick Anderson of the Louisville Courier Journal

http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/

C-Span: http://www.c-span.org/ ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/

PBS Newshour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ CBS News: http://cbsnews.cbs.com/

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/

MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.com/news/NEWS_Front.asp

NPR: http://news.npr.org/ FOX News: http://www.foxnews.com/

Bowling Green - Park City Daily News

http://www.bgdailynews.com/articles/sections/main/

College Heights Herald - http://www.wkuherald.com/

Lexington Herald Leader - http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/elections.html

Louisville Courier Journal - http://www.courier-journal.com/

The Tennessean Elections 2004 - http://www.tennessean.com/elections/2004/

Online Voter Registration form at: http://www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm or on WKU Intranet: http://www.kysos.com/Elecfil/register/reginstruction.asp

Lagniappe (a Cajun word meaning a little something extra):

FirstGov -- Your first click to U. S. government information (also has links to state and local agencies): http://www.firstgov.gov/

Rosemary Meszaros 10/04