Election day is November 4th. Find out more about the candidates and the issues. Be ready to vote!

From the Media

• CNN Road to the Whitehouse
• C-Span Election 2008
• Election 2008 - National Public Radio
• Election 2008 with Tavis Smiley - PBS
• Presidential Election Guide 2008 - from the New York Times

From the Outside Looking In

• U.S. Elections 2008 - From the BBC, U.K.
• U.S. Elections 2008 - From The Guardian, U.K.
• U.S. Votes - From CBC, Canada

Inform Yourself

• CQ Election Map -Interactive maps let you look at the history of elections state by state and develop your own projections. From Congressional Quarterly.
• Cuyahoga County Voter's Guide 2008 - Information about all the issues and candidates on the Cuyahoga County ballot provided by the League of Women Voters
• Declare Yourself - A campaign to energize and empower a new movement of young voters.
• Elections & Ballot Issues - From the Ohio Secretary of State's Election Division
• FactCheck.org - A nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics by monitoring 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.
• Generation Engage - Politicians Online - Aims to educate and involve young people in politics in a non-partisan manner. 
• Judge4Yourself.com: Ending the Guessing Game in Judicial Elections
• League of Women Voters - Aims to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy.
• National Party Websites - A complete list of political parties from the University of Michigan's Political Science Resources page.
• Ohio Voter's Guide 2008 (PDF)- From the League of Women Voters of Ohio.
• Project Vote Smart - A citizen's organization dedicated to providing research and information on candidates and elected officals.
• USA Votes 2008 - From Voice of America.

Debate Information

• Commission on Presidential Debates
• Debate Dates & Locations:
  • September 26, 2008 - First Presidential Debate - Domestic Policy - University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
  • October 2, 2008 - Vice Presidential Debate - Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • October 7, 2008 - Second Presidential Debate - Town Meeting - Belmont University, Nashville, TN
  • October 15, 2008 - Third Presidential Debate - Foreign Policy - Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Register to Vote

• Can I Vote?
• Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
• Legal Guide to Student Voting - "...an easy-to-use clickable map designed to arm students with the correct information necessary to cut through confusing and misleading registration and voting laws. The Guide also dispells common myths about the registration process that can discourage student voters—particularly those living away from home—from participating, as recently."
• Ohio County Boards of Elections Directory

To Think About

• “Banking on Becoming President” - From OpenSecrets.org
• Civics Literacy Quiz - From the Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• Election 2008 - From Gallup Polls
• Interactive Electoral Votes Map - From Google Maps.
• MAPLight.org, Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection
• Recognizing propaganda techniques - From Cuesta College
• The Redistricting Game - A basic introduction to the redistricting system, a system abused by some state legislators to manipulate elections.
• The Secret Money Map - Tracks the independent TV advertising for this year's presidential and Senate races.
• 20 Questions A Journalist Should Ask About Poll Results - An insightful article from the National Council on Public Polls about gauging the validity of polling sources and information provided by them.
• Where Do You Fit In? - A political typology test from Pew Research

... And to Finish Up, Some Campaign Humor

• Time for Some Campaigning - From Jib Jab
• War for the White House - From The Onion