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ELECTION PROCESS
Guides, tools, finances, conventions, debates, electoral college, voting, procedures
[Content-rich page, Interactive page]

ELECTION PROCESS: CAMPAIGN GUIDES


• Calendar (Political Resources) [national and state party events]
• Presidential Campaign Rhetoric 2000 [short reports]
• Presidential Candidate Schedules (Voter.com)
• Campaign Schedules (not current)
• Primary Dates (FEC)
• Primary Dates (PoliticalResources)
• Guide to Political Sites (The Daily Republican)
• The Vanishing Voter [weekly poll on voter attitudes]
• The White House Project [encouraging women to run for president]
• Female Leaders with a Chance to be President (a future look)
• "Keys to the White House" [prediction using 13 keys]

  ELECTION PROCESS: CAMPAIGN TOOLS
  

• Ballot Access News [getting on the ballot]
• Campaign98.Net [web help for candidates]
• Political Resources [campaign tools and directories]
• Political Buttons (Graphic Politics) [samples on display]
• Election wrist watches (eWatch2k) [samples on display]
• Travel (NewsPlace) [maps and tourism at campaign stops]
  WH2000 [candidates, campaign, context]

  ELECTION PROCESS: CAMPAIGN FINANCES
  

• Campaign Fundraising: The amounts (Open Secrets) [money details]
• Reporter's Guide to Money in Politics (Common Cause) [background]
• "The Buying of the President 2000" (Center for Public Integrity) [report]
• The Public I (Center for Public Integrity) [reports]
• Political Campaign Communication Research [academic analysis]
• FECInfo [financial analysis of Federal Election Commission data]
• Financial Activity of 1999-2000 Presidential Campaigns (FEC)
• The Money Chase: Running After Campaign Dollars (policy.com)
• "Campaign finance laws entangled on the Web"
• Subtitle H - Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns [the law]
• U.S. Code: Presidential Election Campaign Fund [the law]
• OverthrowTheGov.com [proposals for campaign procedure reforms]

  ELECTION PROCESS: C0NVENTIONS
  

• Conventions (GWU) [background information]
• To Political Party sites
• Green Party National Convention, June 24-25 [ official site]
• Libertarian Party National Convention, June 30-July 3 [ official site]
• Republican National Convention, July 31-Aug. 3 [ official site]
  • Delegate Count for the Republican National Convention
  • GOP-Philly [details, tourism, participants]
  • 2000GOP.com [events, ticket contacts, tourism]
  • Unity2000 March at GOP Convention [protest]
  • Other Philly "Actions" [protests]
  • Philadelphia Direct Action Group [protest]
  • Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition [protest]
  • Choose and Lose 2000 (Anarchists) [convention plans]
• Reform Party National Convention, Aug. 10-13 [ official site]
• Democratic National Convention, Aug. 14-17 [ official site]
  • Delegate Count for the Democratic National Convention
  • Independent Media Center [news reports; protest information]
  • D2KLA Mobilization [protest coordination]
  • People's Convention [protest]
  • Choose and Lose 2000 (Anarchists) [convention plans]

  ELECTION PROCESS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
  

• Propaganda [persuasion techniques]
• Past Presidential Debates [transcripts]
• Details on the formats of the 2000 debates
• Debates on Oct. 3, 11 and 17 || 15-percent threshold
• Commission on Presidential Debates [ react to formats]
• JFK Library/UMB for Oct. 3 debate [9 p.m. EDT]
• Centre College for Oct. 5 veep debate [9 p.m. EDT]
  More on the Vice Presidency
• Wake Forest University for Oct. 11 debate [9 p.m. EDT]
• Washington University for Oct. 17 debate [8 p.m. CDT]
  To Polls, electoral college tally, news updates
  POWER OF TELEVISION
• "The Living Room Candidate" [debates and commercials]
• Political Advertising [campaign TV ads]
• "The 30-Second Candidate" (political commercials)
• Campaign Commercials [from the primaries]
  PROPOSALS, PETITIONS
• The Freeport Challenge [a call for a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate]
• "5/30" Air Time (Alliance for Better Campaigns) [a proposal]
• "Support a 5-Percent Threshhold" [a petition]
• "Open up the Presidential Debates!" [a petition]
• Open Debates USA [a petition]
  WH2000 [candidates, campaign, context]

  ELECTION PROCESS: ELECTORAL COLLEGE
  

• President Elect (electoral college information) [the details]
• The U.S. Electoral College System [the basics]
• "How the Electoral College Works" [a summary]
• Electoral College (National Archives) [the rules]
• The Electoral College [essay on historical purpose]
• "What is your Electoral College I.Q.?" [quiz on historical details]
• Electoral College WebZine [background info]
• Electoral College 1992 and 1996 Results [state by state]
• 1996 Results County by County [ interactive map]
• National Voter Turnout in Federal Elections: 1960-1996
  Polls and electoral college predictions
• "What if the Electoral College is tied at 269?" [procedure, prediction]
• Arguments for and against a change in the Constitution [lots of links]
  HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES
• Fill-in Tally Form [ re-assign 1996 results state-by-state]
• Fill-in Calculator [ interactive Shockwave graphic/map]
• Fill-in Electoral College Calculator [ interactive]
• Interactive Quiz on the Electoral College [ interactive]

  Make Your Vote a "Tie-Breaker"

  ELECTION PROCESS: PROCEDURES VOTING
  General Election: Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000
  Electoral College Election: Monday, Dec. 18, 2000
  Inauguration Day: Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001

• BeAVoter [register to vote on the Web]
• How to Register to Vote [instructions]
• How to Vote: An Election Tutorial [instructions]
• Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Requests [state by state]
• "The Power of a Single Vote" (Disable Hotline)
• Voter Registration (League of Women Voters) [info]
• Getting Out the Disability Vote [suggestions]
• Choose and Lose 2000 (Anarchists) [guide to not voting]
• Internet Voting (The Brookings Institution) [analysis]
• Local election administrations (ElecNet) [particulars]
• Law of the 2000 Presidential Election (Jurist) [rules and rulings]

  ELECTION PROCESS: PROCEDURES OTHER PROCEDURES

• The Presidency [White House political details]
• A-Z Glossary of Political Terms (BBC Vote USA) (new URL)
• "A Survivor's Guide for Presidential Appointees" (Brookings Institution)
• "Using music to stir the crowd during campaign rallies"
• The Delegate Selection Process (The Green Papers)
• Alliance for Better Campaigns [proposal for free TV time]
• "Campaign 2000: An Imaginary Election" [fantasy]
• "Proposal to allow a non-natural-born citizen to be President"
• Project Vote Smart [presidential information]
• 2000 Elections Materials (LSU) [links]
• U.S. Election Campaign Information (TN Tech) [links] [new URL]
• Political Science Resources (U-Michigan) [election links]
• "Plugged-in Politics" (Indianapolis Star/News) [analysis of web sites]
• "Point. Click. Decide. Vote." (The World and I) [the Internet campaign]
• "The American Presidency on Film" [natl. conference Nov. 10-12]
• "The press is the personnel department" ("a job interview")
• The Race For the Presidency (swickey.com) [daily report's final issue]
  WH2000 [candidates, campaign, context]

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