Voting and Election Related Web Sites
Virginia State Board of Elections -
Election 2011
Voter
Information - For Kids and Teens
Contributions and Campaign Finances -
Online Resources
Virginia State Board of Elections
"was created in
1946 as a bipartisan agency responsible for ensuring uniformity, fairness,
accuracy and purity in all elections in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The
agency promotes the proper administration of election laws, campaign finance
disclosure compliance, and voter registration processes in Virginia by
promulgating rules, regulations, issuing instructions, and providing
information to local electoral boards and general registrars. In addition,
the agency maintains a centralized database of state-wide voter registration
and election related data" (from the web site).
Register to vote in Virginia
(application)
Absentee Voting
(application) or
(application due to
physical disability or illness)
Polling Places
Elections &
Voting at USA.gov
Candidate Lists and Ballot Issues
Petition For Appeal of Denial of Virginia Voter Registration
Voter Grievance Form
C-SPAN Public affairs on the web.
Browse the issues, link to news, or watch broadcast online.
DemocraticUnderground.com offers discussions on elections.
Green Party of Virginia has
contact information, news, how to contribute and/or become a member.
Libertarian Party of Virginia contains
contact information, news, an events calendar, how to contribute and/or
become a member.
Republican State Central Committee in Virginia This site provides you
with news, contacts, how to volunteer and/or register.
Talking Points
Memo is a political blog with links to a 24 hour updated tracker of all
the political polls in the country. See how Connecticut officials are faring
in the latest polls.
Virginia Democrats provides you with contact information, news, how to
volunteer and/or contribute.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right provides current polling and political data in an objective way that is informed, accurate, and attractive.
Your local Registrar's office - Goochland, Hanover, King William, and King and Queen (contact info).
League of Women Voters
"The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization
encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government.
It influences public policy through education and advocacy" (from the web
site).
Congress.org is an
interactive Web site that allows you to select your state and input your zip
code to determine who are your
Virginia candidates and how you may contact them.
CJRDaily
Real time media analysis from the Columbia Journalism Review: "CJR Daily
critiques the media and examines the forces - political, economic,
technological, social, legal - that affect press performance for better or
worse." Is the media giving you the whole, straight story?
Fact Check
A non-partisan website that critiques political advertising. It's managed by
the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Hanover Voter
Open
Secrets
"Your guide to the money in US elections." The unbiased Center for
Responsive politics provides Open Secrets that has comprehensive information
about issues related to campaign finance.
Politics 1
Politics 1 has state by state information, a directory of political parties,
an elections calendar, statistics, issues discussion and essays.
Project VoteSmart
Find and learn about your representatives. View their voting records,
campaign finances and biographical information. Learn how to register and
where to vote. Information on absentee ballots is also available.
See the major polls regarding approval rating for the President. The
web site,
RealClearPolitics.com has won praise from many news people.
For Kids and Teens
Kids Voting USA "gets
students involved and ready to be educated, engaged citizens. Students
learn about democracy through a combination of classroom activities, an
authentic voting experience and family dialogue" (from the web site).
PBS
Kids Democracy Project
Kid-friendly way to learn more about the democratic process! Be
President for a day! How does Government Affect Me? Step Inside the Voting
Booth.
ZOOM out the Vote!
From PBS and ZOOM, "ZOOM! out the Vote" describes the voting process in kid-friendly terms.
Rock the Vote!
Dedicated to protecting freedom of expression, and empowering young people
to change their world!
Contributions and Campaign Finances
The Virginia Public Access Project keeps track
of monies given to candidates here in Virginia.
OpenSecrets.org
provides a huge amount of information on the givers and getters of the
Presidential Race. Search by zip code.
Follow the Money
tracks contributions in state politics which can then influence politics on
the national level. It also makes donating online possible.
Online Resources
General OneFile (Library) or (Work, Home, or
School) Magazines and newspaper articles from 1980 to now.
NewsBank (Library) or (Work
Home or School)
is an easy-to-search database containing electronic
editions of local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers. Each paper
provides local and regional coverage of companies, politics, sports,
industries, cultural activities, and more. Paid ads are excluded. Local
papers included in NewsBank are the
Goochland Gazette (full text from 12/6/2006), the
Mechanicsville Local (full text from
3/6/2007), and the Richmond Times-Dispatch (full
text from 1985).
See information about our collection of books, talking books, and DVDs on
voting and
elections.
More online resources are available on our
Electronic Resources pages.
