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Elections 2006
Political Know-How

The midterm elections for 2006 are just around the corner. Early voting will be held from October 23, 2006 through Nov. 3. Actual voting day is November 7, 2006.

http://www.co.bexar.tx.us/elections/
Consult the Bexar County Elections website.

  • for a list of early voting sites
  • to find your precinct # by zip code
  • to find election day voting places by precinct
  • sample ballot
  • get election results

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/
The Texas Secretary of State

  • Elections and voter information, including historical data
  • Statewide elections-candidates, issues, etc.
  • 2006 student mock election
  • Statewide election results

http://www.lwvtexas.org/
Texas League of Women Voters
Elections 2006 Voters' Guide

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/2006ELECTIONGUIDE.html
Has a clickable U.S. map which can be changed to reflect different political and economic scenarios.

http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
Project Vote-Smart covers candidates & elected officials in 5 basic categories: Biographical, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, & interest group ratings. Type in zip code for a list of your elected representatives.

http://www.accd.edu/pac/lrc/index.htm
From the PAC Library's homepage click on "Web Subject Index"
and then on "Voter Information" for a list of web links.

Note: For clickable links, consult the online version of this handout at http://www.accd.edu/pac/lrc/handouts.htm.

ACCD/PAC Online Catalog

Search the ACCD/PAC Online Catalog for books, media, online books, etc. under such subjects/keywords as:

  • Elections
  • Voting
  • Political Parties
  • Congressional Quarterly Service (many well-researched publications on political topics)

A Few Good Books
(with PAC call numbers)

Bishop, George F. The illusion of public opinion: fact and artifact in American public opinion polls. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, c2005. Call number: HN90.P8 B57 2005

Maxwell, Bruce. How to track politics on the internet. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2000. Call number: JK 1764.M39 2000

Moore, John. Elections A to Z. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 2003. Call number: JK 1976. M57 2003.

Wattenberg, Martin P. Where have all the voters gone? Cambridge: Harvard U P, 2002. Call number: JK 1976. W38 2002

 

For magazine, journal, and newspaper articles, search databases like:

  • Academic Search Premiere
  • Proquest databases, including Social Science Plus
  • Newsbank databases, for the latest elections news

I.Scharf, 10/2006


Colby Glass, MLIS