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Election 2008


Voter Information

VoterInfoNet
All the info for a Cook County voter, including sample ballots, lists of candidates and polling places.

ProjectVoteSmart: the voter's self defense system
Specific candidate info, including voting records and policy positions.

League of Women Voters
Lots of good national candidate information.

Public Agenda for Citizens
Nonpartisan and nonprofit site that provides citizens with public policy infomation in order to make informed decisions.

Political Parties/Presidential Candidates

Democratic National Committee
Barack Obama

Republican National Committee
John McCain

Green Party
Cynthia McKinney

Libertarian Party
Bob Barr

Judicial Evaluations

Illinois State Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association

Vote for Judges.org

News Media Election Guides

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Sun Times

New York Times

National Public Radio (NPR)

Washington Post

Fact/Truth Checking

Media Matters for America
A research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.

Factcheck.org
A project of the Annenbury Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania that monitors the accuracy of candidates' statements.

Politifact
A joint project of the St. Petersbury Times and Congressional Quarterly that provides an extensive fact-checking resource throughout the presidential campaign.

The Fact Checker
A project of the Washington Post and run by journalist Michael Dobbs that provides background, context and evaluation to candidate statements and other political stories.

Campaign Finance

Campaign Money.com

Open Secrets.org

Illinois Constitutional Convention-Pro and Con

League of Women Voter's Illinois

Illinois Issues Blog

Illinois Issues Article

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