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2008 Elections
U.S. Election Process
 - General Election - Background Information
 - Campaign Finance
 - Caucuses and Primaries
 - Party Conventions
 - Debates
 - Voting
 - Electoral College
  

U.S. Election Process


General Election - Background Information
Election Reform: Issues and Legislative Proposals in the 109th Congress - 2/28/2007 - CRS Report
Election in the United States-Presidential Elections: Requirements for Candidates
Elections 2008 - University of Michigan Documents Center
Elections Reform: Overview and Issues - 9/4/2007 - CRS Report
Elections...the American Way - Library of Congress - candidates, party system & election process
Federal Election Commission Regulates Presidential Campaigns - U.S. Department of State, IIP
Presidential Elections in the United States: A Primer - CRS
Presidential Nominating Process: Current Issues - October 24, 2007 - CRS Report
Role of Political Parties
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 2004
The Road to the 2008 Elections - Voice of America
U.S. Election and Voting Resources - U.S. National Archives
U.S. Elections - U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs
Vanderbilt University Elections Links

Campaign Finance
2008 Presidential Campaign Finance Overview - Foreign Press Center Briefing
Administering and Enforcing Campaign Finance Laws - U.S. Federal Election Commission
Campaign Finance - Common Cause
Campaign Finance - Hoover Institution
Campaign Finance - Summary Figures for the Presidential Candidates - Washington Post
Campaign Finance Institute - Campaign Finance eGuide
Campaign Finance Reform: Regulating Political Communications on the Internet - 9/20/2005 -CRS Report
Campaign Finance and the 2008 Presidential Election - Foreign Press Center Briefing
Campaign Finance: Developments in the 110th Congress - 1/14/2008 - CRS Report
Center for Responsive Politics' Open Secrets
Financing Campaigns
How the 2008 U.S. Elections Will Be Financed - Jan Witold Baran
PoliticalMoneyLine Guide to Presidential Races - 2008 Presidential Race
Public Financing Helps Fuel U.S. Presidential Campaigns
The Presidential Election Campaign Fund and Tax Checkoff: Background and Current Issues - CRS Report

Caucuses and Primaries
Background Information
Calendar of 2008 State Primaries and Caucuses

Party Conventions
--  Party Conventions

Debates
--  Presidential Debates

Voting
Absentee Voting - Encyclopedia Americana
Election Day - George Washington University
Elections: Federal Efforts to Improve Security and Reliability of Electronic Voting System...GAO
Help America Vote Act (HAVA) - Public Law 107-252, October 29, 2002
New Voting Technology: Problem or Solution? Paul S. DeGregorio
U.S. Elections Procedures-Reforming the System Will Help America Vote Act
United States Election Assistance Commission
Voter Information Center - U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Voting Machine - Encyclopedia Americana
Voting Systems 2007 - Election Reform Information Project
Voting and Registration - U.S. Census Bureau

Electoral College
Distribution of Electoral Votes - U.S. Federal Election Commission
Has the Electoral College Outlived Its Usefulness? Pros and Cons
How the Electoral College Works - Kevin Bonsor
The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 109th Congress - March 12, 2007 - CRS Report
U.S. Electoral College - U.S. Archives & Records Administration

  

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