U.S. Voting & Election Resources

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• Can I Vote?—find out if you’re registered to vote and more
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission—for all voters: register to vote, get voting information and assistance
• Federal Voting Assistance Program—information for uniformed service members and Americans living abroad

• Electing a U.S. President in Plain English—a short video
• Center for Voting and Democracy—The Electoral College
• Commission on Presidential Debates
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission—Election Resource Library
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission—Electoral College Report
• U.S. Department of Justice Voting Section—get information, report suspected voting fraud, and more
• The National Archives Experience—A Panel Discussion about the Electoral College, moderated by David Broder
• University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs: Electionline
• National Association of Election Officials—Election Center
• The Federalist Papers: No. 68—The Mode of Electing the President From the New York Packet. Friday, March 14, 1788.
• U.S. Department of State: The Electoral College (prepared for the 2008 Presidential Election)
• League of Women Voters
• Congressional Research Service Report for Congress—The Electoral College: How it Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections
• Congressional Research Service Report for Congress—Presidential Elections in the United States: A Primer
• The Electoral College and the National Archives—Press Release, October 22, 2008
• Office of the Federal Register—2012 Presidential Election Pamphlet
• FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right—National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

• Federal Election Commission
• Campaign Finance Institute
• OpenSecrets.org—Center for Responsive Politics

• National Association of Secretaries of State
• National Association of State Election Directors (NASED)
• National Governors Association
• Council of State Governments
• National Conference of State Legislatures—Elections and Campaigns
• State Election and Electoral College Links
• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
  • Elections
  • Electors Fact Sheet
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
  • Elections & Voting
  • Electoral College Information
  • Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions
• Maryland
  • State Board of Elections
  • The Electoral College
  • The History and Procedure of the Electoral College in Maryland
  • Presidential Electors in Maryland, 1789 to the present
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
  • Elections
  • Voters First 2008: An Examination of Missouri’s 2008 State and Federal Elections
  • 2004 Electoral College Reform Legislation
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Dakota
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
  • General Information
  • Electoral College
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming
  • General Information
  • 2008 Presidential Elector Information

• Tally of the 1824 Electoral College Vote—NARA Electoral College Lesson Plan
• Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government For Kids—U.S. Government Printing Office
• Elections the American Way—Library of Congress

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