GEN: Vote-Smart Web Site

[Gabe Gancarz <gancarz@enteract.com>]

Here is an *awesome* source of information for voters and social studies teachers:

        Project Vote Smart - A Voter's Self-Defense System
        http://www.vote-smart.org

This site includes the following info about state and federal office holders:

                                * Biographies & Addresses
            * Campaign Finances
            * Issue Positions
            * Performance Evaluations
            * Voting Records

From the site's first page:

"A wealth of facts on candidates & elected officials, including biographies,
addresses, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, and evaluations by
special interests.

Track the performance of Congress using clear descriptions of major bills.
Follow the status of legislation of interest to you, examine voting records
and the text of bills, and look ahead to votes scheduled for each week.

Access information on elections, federal and state governments, the issues, and
politics. Includes our own references, plus thousands of links to the most
important sites on the Internet."

If anyone else can come up with something comparable to this site, please
share it with the group.

Gabe :-)
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Gabe Gancarz, Assistant Librarian
Glenbard East High School, Lombard, IL
gabe_gancarz@glenbard.dupage.k12.il.us

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