Election Information
Quick find your elected officials
Enter your zip code and get a list including Federal and State officials - from Project Vote Smart
Video guides to propositions in May Special Election - from the California League of Women Voters
Election issues and news you can read online - free with your library card! Search thousands of news, politics, and current events articles & other publications. We suggest:
- Opposing Viewpoints for opinion essays, statistics, and source documents on current events & issues
- Newspaper articles including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, dozens more
- Magazine articles including Newsweek, US News & World Report, The Economist, thousands more
California and Sonoma Elections and Registering to Vote
- Easy Voter Guide
Produced by the California State Library, with the Secretary of State's office and the League of Women Voters.
- Sonoma County
Registrar of Voters
Information on the local issues and voting here in the county:
- Elections page -
California Secretary of State
Candidate lists, propositions, voter registration forms in English and Spanish. - Pros & Cons on the State Ballot Measures for November, 2008
From the League of Women Voters.
- The California Voter
Foundation
Clear non-partisan explanations of the ballot initiatives, as well as information on the state senate race, the national race, and funding sources for the candidates and initiatives.
- California League of Women
Voters (smartvoter.org)
Their "Smart Voter" program allows you to customize election results for your interests.
- Project Vote Smart
Non-partisan information on elections and campaign contributions. Enter your zip code and find your sample ballot, plus a list of Federal and State elected officials.
- National Mail Voter Registration Form (formulario nacional de inscripción de votantes)
You can print out the form (PDF format) and send it in. The address to mail your form is in the instructions on the form. You need the free Adobe Reader to open a PDF file. If you don't have the reader, you can Download Adobe Reader here.
National Elections
- C-SPAN news and election results
- CNN - Election results
- Project Vote Smart
This non-partisan organization provides information on the elections nationwide.
- Federal Election Commission
The skinny on the financials of the candidates.
- opensecrets.org
From the Center for Responsive Politics. Detailed information on contributions to candidates. Includes a way to see how much was given to whom in your area code.
Historical Election Results
- JoinCalifornia.org
Election history for the state of California. Includes state legislative races since 1898, and federal and statewide offices since 1849. Contains current and historical candidate biographies, political party capsule histories, and legislative district maps.
- CA Ballot
Propositions, 1944 - present
Want more information on this aspect of California's unique politics? Barbara Friedrich, Head of Reference at the Law Library at Santa Clara University has compiled this list of the Propositions, for each election year.
- California Ballot Propositions
Database
Hastings College of the Law has a database of Proposition information, with the explanatory texts, voter pamphlet text, related legal and legislative histories, and PDF images of the original pamphelts. The database goes back to 1911.
Political Fact Checking sites
- FactCheck.org
from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania - PolitiFact
from the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly - PBS MediaShift article and list
more political fact-check websites - LLRX article and list
more political fact-check websites - InfoToday article and list
more political fact-check websites