• 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.
• Statewide election results

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

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.

http://www.e-democracy.org/us/
Good compilation of Election news, information and links to websites (candidates, polling, electoral college, etc.).

http://www.opensecrets.org/
"The online source for money in politics data" from the Center for Responsive Politics.

http://selectsmart.com/president/
Take an Issues Survey & see who is the best candidate for you.

http://www.factcheck.org/
Annenberg Public Policy Center (Univ. of Pennsylvania) monitors the factual accuracy of what is said publicly by major U.S. political players.

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 good web links.

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

Bishop, George F. The illusion of public opinion: fact and artifact in American public opinion polls. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, c2005. Call number: HN 90 .P8 B57 2005

Hernson, Paul S., ed. Guide to political campaigns in America. Wash., D.C.: CQ Press, 2005. Call number: JK 2265 .G87 2005 (reference).

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