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- Accurate Democracy
Asks how accurate can democracies become? Advocates proportional representation,
proportional spending, central chairpersons and policies. Offers the educational
game, Political Sim (TM)
- ACE
Project Provides in-depth analyses of electoral
management, voter education, voter registration, voting operations,
parties and candidates, vote counting, election integrity,
elections and technology, and more. Also includes sample
materials and country case studies. Also in Spanish
and French.
- A-Z
World Constitutions These pages
provide links to almost every national and international
constitution in the world, as well as links to relevant documents
with constitutional implications.
- Alliance "A new Populist movement--not
a political party--setting forth to end the domination of our
economy, our government, our culture, our media and the environment
by large corporations." Home of the Campaign for Public Funding of
All Federal Elections.
- American Reform Party Surveys the platform,
press releases, member's essays and the history of an off-shoot Ross
Perot's Reform Party.
- Association of State Green Parties,
Green Party USA There are two different yet related Green Parties in the
U.S.
- Ballot Access
News Is the leading publication addressing
third party access to the political process.
- The Brennan Center collection
has a wide array of redistricting
links and other information
about electoral reform.
- Center for
Governmental Studies: A non-partisan group that identifies
governance, social and economic problems, conducts in-depth studies,
and proposes solutions. General fields of work are political reform,
media and democracy, and sustainable democratic communities.
- Center for Responsive Politics is a
non-profit, non-partisan research organization that specializes in
the role that money plays in politics. The Center's National Library
on Money and Politics provides research assistance, and the Center
has a monthly newsletter and other
publications.
- Citizens in Charge:
advocates of the initiative and referendum process.
Common Cause
This citizen watchdog group promotes open and accountable
government. Its site includes reports on the group's projects,
action alerts, and an interactive database of political action
committee and "soft" money recipients.
- Declaration of
Independence Roadtrip: a
voter awareness program in which the
Center is a partner, check their website for more information
and to find out when the tour is coming to your state.
- DemoChoice.org This website
allows you to vote in some sample preference voting polls, view nice
graphs of the results, and even create your own poll.
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Democracy 2000 A reform organization
with many useful links.
- Democracy Matters
Informs and engages college students and communities in the issue of
money in politics and the promise of campaign finance reform.
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Democracy Unbound "Democracy Unbound:
Progressive Challenges to the Two Party System" provides an
activist's guide to third party organizing and progressive politics
today.
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EGO
Electoral Governance Network Promotes communication and exchange
within the research community as well as between scholars and
practitioners in the field of electoral governance. Also provides
an online
international bibliography
onelectoral governance.
- Electme.com Compiles information
on candidates, so voters are able to make an informed decision when they go
to the polls.
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Equal Rights Advocates Based in San Francisco, this is a women's law
center "dedicated to guaranteeing women equal
opportunity."
- Fusion in the United
States: New Majority Education Fund's page on where fusion is
legal and illegal in the United States. Fusion allows more than one
party to nominate the same candidate for an office.
- Fix Our United States:
Musician Krist Novoselic's website committed to exploring
Proportional Representation
as a remedy to our current broken electoral
system.
- Independent Progressive Politics
Network "Building a
unified, independent, progressive alternative to the
corporate-controlled, Democrat/Republican political/economic
system."
- Initiative and Referendum Institute
Is a non-profit non partisan research and educational organization
dedicated to the promotion, protection and expansion of the
initiative and referendum process in America.
- International
Voter Turnout From IDEA, a comprehensive collection
of international voter participation statistics. Includes a
global survey and in-depth information by country.
- Justice
Talking: The Pitfalls and Possibilities with Online Elections National Public Radio show
discussing
the benefits, drawbacks, and legality of Internet voting. Originally
aired September 18, 2000.
- Kids
Voting Provides curriculum and
support for teachers and a united effort of families, educators, and
volunteers to encourage students to become informed on the subject
of voting.
- Libertarian
Party Official party website with issues and positions,
news, campaigns, and more.
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New
Democracy Candidate Election Methods: A web site
devoted to exploring and innoviating on alternative voting
systems.
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New Party A progressive political
organization working for "the return of power to the
people."
- National City Government Resource Center
This is as a collection of city-related web sites from throughout
the United States.
- National Civic League This website
hosts information about National Civic League's programs,
publications and membership.
- National Voting
Rights Institute Through litigation and public
education, the Institute aims to redefine the issue of private money
in public elections as the nation's newest voting rights
barrier.
- Natural Law Party This
site explains the Party's position on several political
issues.
- Open Debates
Progressive Review. Progressive
Review is a monthly publication that regularly discusses voting
system reform. Contact: 1739 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC
20009 (202) 232-554
- The Reform Party of the United States
of America The site presents the party platform,
state-by-state registration information, and party news updates in
an easily accessible way.
- Reform America, Inc. is developing its
website "to show the country that America's youth are ready to make
a difference where it counts."
- StateDemocracy.com Information
about federal and state legislators and bills, tools for contacting
legislators and voicing your opinions, resources and links.
- State PIRG's Democracy Program
Americans Against Political Corruption website offers media
releases, reports, and action alerts on the role of money in
politics.
- Teen Power
Politics A website and a book that encourage young people
to use their political and economic power to address the issues
affecting them. Includes references and links.
- This Calls
for Reform! A comprehensive summary of electoral reform
proposals since the 2000 election.
- U.S. Taxpayers Party The site of a
conservative political party that gives its platform, which includes
abolishing the Internal Revenue Service.
- VerifiedVoting.org
VoteLaw.com
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www.vote-smart.org The
Project provides voting records, campaign finance history, campaign
issue positions, backgrounds and contact information on candidates
and incumbents at the presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and
state legislative levels. The Project's researchers (student interns
and volunteers of all ages) also compile ballot measures, issue
information, and can tell you how and where to register and vote is
easily accessed over our web site and Hotline.
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Virginia Public Access Project Is a
non-partisan, non-profit group that demonstrates how information
technology can improve public awareness of money's role in Virginia
politics.
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