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Government: Politics and Issues:
  • Center for Public Integrity Conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world
  • Common Cause Regularly publishes investigative studies on the effects of money in politics and reports on a variety of ethics and integrity-in-government issues
  • CSPAN A private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service: its mission is to provide public access to the political process.
  • e-democracy Seeks to increase citizen participation in elections and public discourse through the use of information and communication technologies
  • FactCheck Holding Politicians Accountable: monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.
  • Municipal League of King County Promotes good government that is open, effective and accountable in order to improve the caliber of public officials and the quality of public decisions
  • Municipal Research and Services Center Non-profit, independent organization working for excellence in local government through professional consultation, research and information services
  • NewsBatch Federal policy issues explained by using a "frequently asked questions" format and by using many charts and maps.
  • Politics1 Links to many organizations on both sides of many issues
  • Project Vote Smart Covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings.
  • Public Agenda Issues Guides Provides balanced overviews on key issues
  • Pure Politics Provides and prepares individuals around the globe with a solid foundation of education, news and entertainment about the realm of politics and government
  • Politics Navigator New York Times Guide to Political Sites around the Web - an extensive list.
  • TVW - Television Washington Provides unedited television coverage of state government deliberations and public policy events
  • Overseas Vote Foundation Facilitates voter participation in federal elections for all Americans whose voting program falls under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA)--overseas American citizens, State Department employees, and active duty uniformed service members and their accompanying families within and outside of the United States.
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet This is one of the theme collections in the Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII), a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 14,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries.
Campaign Finance:
  • Public Disclosure Commission Tracks campaign donations and expenditures in Washington State
  • Federal Election Commission Discloses campaign finance information, enforces the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and oversees the public funding of Presidential elections
  • Political Money Line Money in politics news and databases
  • Public Campaign Aims to dramatically reduce the role of big special interest money in American politics
  • Opensecrets.org The web site of the Center for Responsive Politics that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy
  • Follow the Money The web site of the The Institute on Money in State Politics, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to accurate, comprehensive and unbiased documentation and research on campaign finance at the state level.
  • Washington Public Campaigns Washington State site with the aim of "freeing the political process from the influence of big money"
Politics and Youth:
  • CIRCLE Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
  • Declare Yourself The Declare Yourself campaign, founded by television producer Norman Lear, is designed specifically to energize a new movement of young adults to vote in the 2004 presidential election.
  • Kids Voting USA An organization that attempts to create a habit of voting in young people
  • PBS Kids Democracy Project Introduces children to how democracy works
  • Rock the Vote A non-profit, non-partisan organization, founded in 1990 in response to a wave of attacks on freedom of speech and artistic expression, engages youth in the political process by incorporating the entertainment community and youth culture into its activities.
  • Vote Run Lead Vote, Run, Lead is a national nonpartisan mobilization initiative to activate young American women to engage in political participation.
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