U.S. Voting and Election Resources

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Voting

• Can I Vote?—find out if you’re registered to vote and more
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission—for all voters: register to vote, get voting information and assistance
• Federal Voting Assistance Program—information for uniformed service members and Americans living abroad

The Election Process

• Electing a U.S. President in Plain English—a short video
• Presidential Election Process—from USA.gov
• “State Laws Regarding Presidential Electors”—a summary of state laws about the procedures, which vary from state to state, for selecting slates of potential electors and for conducting the meeting of the electors, compiled by the National Association of Secretaries of State
• FairVote—The Electoral College
• Commission on Presidential Debates
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission—The Electoral College
• University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs: Electionline
• National Association of Election Officials—Election Center
• The Federalist Papers: No. 68—The Mode of Electing the President From the New York Packet. Friday, March 14, 1788.
• U.S. Department of State: The Electoral College (prepared for the 2012 Presidential Election)
• League of Women Voters
• Congressional Research Service Report for Congress—The Electoral College: How it Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections
• Congressional Research Service Report for Congress—Presidential Elections in the United States: A Primer
• The Electoral College and the National Archives—Press Release, October 22, 2008
• Office of the Federal Register—Presidential Election Pamphlet
• FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right—Information about the Status of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
• U.S. Department of Justice—get information, report suspected voting fraud, and more
• U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation —information about public corruption, election crimes, and more

Campaign Finance

• Federal Election Commission
• Campaign Finance Institute
• OpenSecrets.org—Center for Responsive Politics—Finances for the 2016 Election

State Government Websites

• National Association of Secretaries of State
• National Association of State Election Directors (NASED)
• National Governors Association
• Council of State Governments
• National Conference of State Legislatures—Election Resources
• State Election and Electoral College Links

Teaching Resources

• Tally of the 1824 Electoral College Vote—NARA Electoral College Lesson Plan
• Ben’s Guide to Election of the President and Vice President: Electoral College—U.S. Government Publishing Office
• Elections... the American Way—Library of Congress