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Links to Voting Information
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For information on voting:
Find Your Polling Place

State of California page

"Find Your Polling Place"

OR

California League of Women Voters page

"Find My Ballot and Polling Place"

State Propositions & Ballot Measures Gavilan Webpage about State Propositions and Ballot Measures
Presidential Debates

MyDebates.com -- Debates hosted on MySpace

OR

CSPAN -- Presidential Debates

Registration Deadlines & Election Dates from State of California

"Voter Registration & Participation"


For Information on the issues:
America.gov "Guide to the 2008 Election."
League of Women Voters project. The Easy Voter Guide Project is dedicated to the ideal that all people should have access to nonpartisan information about the why, how and what of voting and other forms of civic involvement.
The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Monitoring the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
National Journal Campaign Tracker National Journal campaign tracker 2008. From interviews to analysis, National Journal's look at campaign 2008 includes conversations with the candidates themselves as well as a recap of the top political news and a preview of the week ahead.
VoterWatch is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that allows you to easily and conveniently search videos of Congress to find out what's going on about the issues that matter most to you and your community. And then, you can easily blog or email just those parts with your friends, audience, and membership at the click of a button.
Washington Post 2008 candidate information, including events, issues, money, and endorsements.
Nonpartisan information about candidates and issues in the 2008 election. Information gathered and maintained by a national group of volunteers.
Rock the Vote’s mission is to engage and build the political power of young people in order to achieve progressive change in our country.

For information on your elected officials:

For information about the qualified parties:
The State of California publishes a list of "qualified" political parties and contact information. "Qualified" political parties are entitled to have candidates identified with that political party standing for partisan offices on the ballot.

Political parties and their California affiliates:

American Independent Party, California Affiliate of the Constitution Party

http://www.aipca.org

 

Democratic National Party

https://www.democrats.org/

California Democratic Party

http://www.cadem.org

Green Party

http://www.gp.org

Green Party of California

http://www.cagreens.org/

Libertarian Party

http://www.lp.org/

Libertarian Party of California

http://www.ca.lp.org/

Peace and Freedom

http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/

 

Republican National Committee

http://www.rnc.org/

California Republican Party

http://www.cagop.org/

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Last updated 11/03/2008