Academic Resources

Elections

The Constitution

"We know it [democracy] cannot die. [...] We know it because democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will. We know it because democracy alone has constructed an unlimited civilization capable of infinite progress in the improvement of human life. We know it because, if we look below the surface, we sense it still spreading on every continent -- for it is the most humane, the most advanced, and in the end the most unconquerable of all forms of human society." 
- Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 20, 1941.

"Information is the currency of democracy."  - Thomas Jefferson

Government Sites

• U.S. Elections 2004 - Department of State
• Federal Election Commission
• Federal Voting Assistance Program
• Foreign Press Centers - U.S. Department of State
• Elections 2004 - U.S. Embassy, Vienna
• Election Dossier - U.S. Embassy Brussels
• Elections 2004 Newsletter - U.S. Department of State
• Voting and Elections

Grass Root Organizations

• MTV Rock the Vote
• Common Cause
• Project Vote Smart
• Asia Pacific
• Latino Vote
• MoveOn

Legislation

Acts and Statutes

• Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) - Federal Election Commission
• National Voter Registration Act 1993 (Motor Voter Act) - Federal Voting Assistance Program
• Selected Federal Statutes - Federal Election Commission
• U.S. Constitutional Provisions - firstgov.gov
• Voting Rights Act (1965) - ourdocuments.gov

Campaign Financing and Political Action Committees

• Common Cause
• Common Cause, Donations
• Campaign Finance Reform

Congressional Research Service Reports

• Presidential Elections in the United States, A Primer - PDF
• The Electoral College: How it works in Contemporary Presidential Elections - PDF
• Elections Reform: Overview and Issues - PDF
• Campaign Financing - PDF
• Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money - PDF

Electoral College

• The American Electoral College - U.S. Department of State
• Distribution of Electoral Votes - Federal Election Commission
• Electoral College Vote by State - U.S. Department of State
• U.S. Electoral College - National Archives and Records Administration

History of Elections in the U.S.

• Brief History of the Electoral College - Federal Election Commission
• Congressional History, Highlights and Tables - U.S. House of Representatives
• History of Elections in the Senate - U.S. Senate
• Presidential Elections and the Electoral College - Library of Congress
• U.S. Elections Research Guide - Penn Library

Media

TV and Newspapers

• CNN
• C-Span 
• New York Times
• News4Jax
• Newsweek
• PBS
• Time Magazine
• USA Today

Specialized News Services

• Election Coverage - The Hill
• Roll Call - The Newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955
• Annenberg Political Fact Check

Polls and Statistics

• Census Bureau Voting and Registration
• The Gallup Organization
• Pollingreport.com
• Project Vote Smart

State and Local Elections

• National Association of State Election Directors
• National Association of State Election Directors, List by State
• National Association of Secretaries of State

Teachers' Resources

• American Library Association
• Debating our Destiny - PBS
• Elections... The American Way - Library of Congress
• The Electoral Process - The New York Times Learning Network
• Elections USA - abc teach
• Presidential Elections and the Electoral College - Library of Congress
• Teacher's Corner - Project V.O.T.E.