Government Information Election
Voting
- Illinois State Board of Elections
- Contains campaign disclosure, election and voting information
- Registering to vote in Illinois
- Voting absentee
- Search for your Illinois districts or officials
- Allows you to search by address for your federal congressional, Illinois Senate, and Illinois Representative districts or officials
- State Election Boards
National Association of State Election Directors - Not from Illinois? Find links to your state's election information
- Congressional Districts
- Maps of the areas included in each federal congressional district
Candidates
- Project Vote Smart
- Find information on the candidates and their stands on issues
- Congressional Record
- Search for candidates who are members of congress to find speeches they made
on the floor, legislation they introduced, and voting records
- VoterWatch: Congressional and Candidate Videos
- Sponsored by Voterwatch, a "nonpartisan nonprofit organization," this collection of videos of Congress at work can be browsed and searched by issue or Congressperson.
- Newsbank 2008 Presidential Election
- Illinois news stories on the presidential election
- CNN Election Center 2008
- Gallup Polls
- Summary results of most current public opinion polls
- FactCheck
- Analyzes claims made by politicians in the news to determine their accuracy
- University of Michigan Elections 2008
- More election resources
- Politics Navigator
- Links to political sites on the Internet. Free registration with the New York Times may be required.
- Open Secrets - Money in Politics data
- PACs (Political Action Committees)
- Donor Lookup