Project Vote Smart

The Project Vote Smart web site will provides  a portal to America’s premier collection of trusted data covering approximately 40,000 elected officials and candidates seeking public office. Regardless of an organization’s political views or the political leanings of its members and supporters, their web site offers a completely unbiased collection of data that includes:

  ·Contact and biographical information;

  ·Key votes by incumbents;

  ·Issue positions, provided by candidates from our National Political Awareness Test (NPAT);  
  ·Campaign finances; and

  ·Interest group ratings by over 100 competing special interest groups.

The site provides equal coverage of all candidates for President, the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. Similar information is available for all state legislative and gubernatorial candidates and officials as well, with the exception of key votes.

While at the PVS web site visitors can also:

View “CongressTrack”  This maintains and monitors the status of major federal legislation and the calendars for the U.S.  Senate and House of Representatives;
  ·Access voter registration forms for each state;
  ·View contact information for state and county election offices;
  ·Find their polling place and absentee ballot information;
  ·Review ballot measure descriptions for each state, where applicable; and
  ·Find useful links to federal and state government agencies, political parties and issue organizations;
  ·Information about Project Vote Smart outreach programs:

                Ø       Young Voters Program;
                Ø       Speakers Bureau;
                Ø       Library Programming;
                Ø       News Media Partnerships; and
                Ø       Web Link Program.

Using their state-of-the-art Look up Candidates and Elected Officials option, visitors can instantly view information on the candidates and elected officials in their area.

All the data on their web site represents the careful culmination of years of research and strict adherence to  fundamental principals of accuracy, nonpartisanship, equitable presentation and coverage of all candidates. They strive to keep this site non-partisan, unbiased and fair to all. They encourage all citizens to become fully informed on the issues and to actively participate in the electoral process regardless of their ideology or political affiliations.
 

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