Web Notes Issue 4, Volume 6

Issue 4, Volume 6; October, 2004
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WHERE DO THEY STAND?

http://www.npr.org/politics/issues2004/ The Issues - 2004
Concise one page description of the differences between President Bush and Senator Kerry on the major issues from abortion to Iraq, Health Care, Energy, Homeland Security, etc. Offers links for additional information on each issue.

THE HORSE RACE

http://politicalforecasting.com Political Forecasting is a resource for scholars and practitioners interested in forecasting elections and other political events. Until November, the focus is almost exclusively on the race for the White House. The Site includes Public Opinion surveys, forecasts, commentaries, and more.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/ Electoral vote looks at the numbers. This is a Bush-Kerry horserace Site. Just the numbers, based upon polling results. Updated regularly.

TRACKING THE CANDIDATES, COMMERCIALS AND THE MEDIA

http://www.factcheck.org/ Fact Check monitors the factual accuracy of the major political players on TV ads, debates, speeches, interview and news releases. This is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

http://www.spinsanity.org Spinsanity is a non-partisan watchdog site dedicated to unspinning misleading claims from politicians, pundits and the press. Founded in 2001 by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer, and Brendan Nyhan, three college graduates who were distressed at the growing dominance of spin in American politics and determined to do something about it.

http://www.mediafordemocracy.us Non-partisan citizens’ initiative to monitor mainstream news coverage of the 2004 elections and advocate standards of reporting. Provides alerts, breaking news and analysis. Run by MediaChannel.org

http://www.readmylipz.com/about.cfm Red My Lipz.com is a privately funded non-partisan media service developed to survey and report on the impact of political media campaigns. Believability and interest are tracked by sampling a cross section of voters. A project of HCD Research and Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion (MCIPO). There is also a Rumor Mill where you can post gossip about the Busy-Kerry campaigns.

ELECTION REFORM, VOTING MACHINES AND VOTE PAIRING

http://www.electionline.org Electionline.org, produced by the Election Reform Information Project, is a non-partisan, non-advocacy website providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform. Hanging chads, absentee ballots, touchscreen machines, legislation, commission reports and more.

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/ A publicly funded consumer projection organization for elections. Organized by Bev Harris, author of Black Box Voting: Ballot-Tampering in the 21st Century. Numerous reports on current voting machine flaws; updates on the Diebold investigation, errors to security and other voting and election issues.

http://www.verifiedvoting.org Verified Voting Foundation, Inc and Verified Voting org., Inc. advocating reliable and publicly verifiable elections. Promoting use of voter-verified paper ballots. The site reviews litigation, policy at the state and federal level and offers avenues for citizen action.

http://www.votepair.org Vote Pair. Pair your vote with someone in another state.
20 progressive political activists have joined together, including nearly all of the operators of the major vote pairing websites in 2000. Democrats, Greens, and Independents.

CAMPAIGN AND PARTY CRITICS

Right of Center/ anti-John Kerry Sites

Left of Center/ anti George Bush Sites

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