Voting and Voting Behaviors Grade 12 - Mrs. Schafer Lakewood High School LHS Learning Resource Center High School Pathfinders Lakewood Public Library

U.S. Census Bureau: Voting and Registration
Information on voting and registration by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Detailed data from recent surveys and historical trends. Projections of the voting-age population by age, race, Hispanic origin, and gender. See also Facts for Features Special Edition The 2004 Presidential Election.

Federal Election Commission

ElectionLine.org
Non-partisan information, news and analysis on election reform issues. The Election Reform Information Project was established by the Pew Charitable Trusts via the University of Richmond (VA).

Project Vote Smart
A citizen's organization dedicated to providing accurate and unbiased information for electoral decision-making. Includes information on office holders, candidates for elected office, issues, campaign finance. Look up information on officials by zip code. Voter registration information for each state. Project Vote Smart: 2004 Presidential Candidates has data on candidates as well as information about the state primary process and the Electoral College.

Administration and Cost of Elections Project
A wealth of information about the procedures and mechanics of voter registration, education, voting, vote counting, and other issues associated with management of the electoral process.

Accurate Democracy Voting Rules
Understand how voting rules in various democratic elections affect election outcomes. There is also a free dowloadable version of Political Sim (TM).

U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Voting Section Frequently Asked Questions

Center for Voting and Democracy
A non-profit advocacy organization that researches how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance. They support proportional representation systems for legislative elections, instant runoff voting for executive and judicial elections and public interest redistricting. Offers statistics on voter turnout.

Voting Systems - Wikipedia
Explanations of a number of aspects from a free collaborative encyclopedia.

Rock the Vote
This non-profit, non-partisan group seeks to engage youth in the political process by "incorporating the entertainment community and youth culture into its activities."

Freedom's Answer
Voter turnout campaign led by high school students.

Youth Vote Coalition
The "largest non-partisan coalition working to increase the political involvement."

Google Directory of Voting Systems

Black Box Voting: Ballot-Tampering in the 21st Century
Limitations of electronic voting software.

Articles:

"The Vanishing Voter: Why Are the Voting Booths So Empty?" by Thomas E. Patterson. National Civic Review, Winter 2002

"Helping America Vote" by Tim Storey. State Legislatures, Apr 2003

"Election Reform's Next Phase: A Broad Democracy Agenda and the Need for a Movement" by Miles Rapoport and Jason Tarricone. Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy, Summer2002

"The Turnout Rate among Eligible Voters in the States, 1980-2000," by Michael P. McDonald. State Politics & Policy Quarterly, Summer2002

Local Officials / Candidates:

U.S. Senate
Senator Michael DeWine Senior Seat
Senator George V. Voinovich Junior Seat

U.S. House
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich District 10

Ohio Senate
Senator Daniel R. Brady District 23

Ohio House of Representatives
Representative Michael J. Skindell District 13

Ohio State Offices
Governor Bob A. Taft

Lakewood City Offices
Mayor Thomas J. George
Council Members:
 Robert M. Seelie
 Ryan P. Demro
 Mary Louise Madigan
 Michael Dever
 Denis P. Dunn
 Edward FitzGerald
Lakewood Municipal Court Judge Patrick Carroll

Cuyahoga County Elected Officials
Jimmy Dimora, Commissioner
Peter Lawson Jones, Commissioner
Tim McCormack, Commissioner

Cuyahoga County Democratic Party
Cuyahoga County Republican Party