Research Guide: Elections

Elections information--local and national

Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division
Includes statewide information on candidates and political parties, initiative petitions and ballot measures, elections officials, voter registration and participation, daily tallies of ballot returns, online voter's guides and more.
League of Women Voters
The Portland Chapter of the LWV provides information about registering, ballot measures, and candidates.
Fundrace.org
Plug in any address and retrieve a list of all the donors in the neighborhood, the candidate of choice and the amount of money donated.
Open Secrets.org
The website of the Center for Responsive Politics, billed as "Your guide to the money in U.S. elections".
Project Vote Smart
Non-partisan site teeming with information on federal and state candidates & elected officials.
FactCheck.org
Monitors 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.
FairVote
FairVote is a national organization "acting to transform our elections to achieve unfettered, fraud-free access to participation, a full spectrum of meaningful choices and majority rule with fair representation and a voice for all." View research reports on voting related issues around the globe, or select issues such as "Women," "Redistricting," or "Racial and Ethnic Minorities" for pages with topic overviews, links, articles, and reports.

Elections results

Congressional Observer Publications
Accurate, timely and non-partisan coverage of every vote in the US House and Senate. (more info)
Election Guide
This source links to sites with election results for state, national and other elections around the world. A project of IFES, a nonpartisan, nonprofit democracy development organization.

Electoral College

NARA: Federal Register: Electoral College
The National Archives and Records Administration Electoral College site includes information and statistics on presidential elections past and present, an excellent FAQ section and a Procedural Guide to the Electoral College.

U. S. Political Parties

Democratic National Committee
Web site of the Democratic Party.
Republican National Committee
Web site of the Republican Party.
Constitution Party
Web site of the Constitution Party.
Green Party
Web site of the Green Party.
Libertarian Party
Web site of the Libertarian Party.
Natural Law Party
Web site of the Natural Law Party.
Reform Party
Web site of the National Reform Party.
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