Election facts online
All of the major candidates and most of the campaigns for statewide propositions have Internet sites. This is a sampling of some other election-related sites.
Nonpartisan sites:
* California Online Voter Guide: www.calvoter.org (presented by the California Voter Foundation)
* League of Women Voters of California: www.ca.lwv.org (has a link to www.smartvoter.org, the league’s election website)
* Los Angeles Times: www.latimes.com
* Project Vote Smart: www.vote-smart.org
Government agencies:
* California legislative analyst’s office: www.lao.ca.gov (analyzes ballot propositions and gives links to other state government sites)
* California secretary of state: www.ss.ca.gov
* Fair Political Practices Commission: www.fppc.ca.gov
* Federal Election Commission: www.fec.gov
* Los Angeles County registrar: www.lavote.net
Political news and analysis:
* All Politics: www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ (joint project of CNN and Time magazine)
* Center for Public Integrity: www.public-i.org (tracks campaign finance reform issues; monitors political donations)
* Center for Responsive Politics: www.opensecrets.org (lists campaign finance information by candidate and industry)
* Center for Voting and Democracy: www.fairvote.org (promotes proportional representation)
* Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: www.fair.org (media activism; has links to political sites)
* Public Campaign Action Fund: www.publiccampaign.org (a campaign finance reform organization.)
* Rock the Vote: www.rockthevote.org(from the creators of MTV, geared to voters 18 to 25 years old)
Political parties:
* Democratic Party: www.ca-dem.org
* Republican Party: www.cagop.org
* Reform Party: www.reformpartyofcalifornia.org* Green Party: www.greens.org/california
* Libertarian Party: www.lp.org
* Natural Law Party: www.natural-law.org
* American Independent Party: www.aipca.org
How to find your polling place:
* Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters, (800) 815-2666; www.lavote.net
* Orange County Registrar of Voters, (714) 567-7600; www.oc.ca.gov/election
* Riverside County Registrar of Voters, (800) 773-8683; www.voteinfo.net
* San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, (800) 881-8683; www.sbcrov.com
* Ventura County Elections Division, (805) 654-2781; recorder.countyofventura.org/elecidx.htm
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