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Links of Interest
City
of Cincinnati -- Elections Commission
This is the place to search for campaign contributions for mayoral and city
council candidates.
Ohio @ Open Secrets
A great resource for tracking campaign contributions. The link above takes you
right to the Ohio page, where you can actually enter your ZIP code to find out
who's been getting contributions from your immediate neighbors. The Open Secrets
homepage is here.
Related Links
The
Ohio Channel – your source for coverage of Ohio's official,
state-government events and local programming. Provided to you by Ohio's Public
Broadcasting Stations.
League
of Women Voters
Legislature-OHIO
Ohio Senate
Ohio House of
Representatives
http://www.house.state.oh.us
Legislative Web sites of interest
The state of Ohio manages a wide variety of Web sites that contain useful
information on services provided by state agencies, boards and commissions as
well as the legislation before the General Assembly. Some key Web sites include:
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www.house.state.oh.us, which contains basic information on House
committees, individual members and general information on house activities.
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www.legislature.state.oh.us contains links to the text of all House
bills as well as analyses and session schedules for the House and Senate.
-- www.ogtv.org, a
collaboration between Ohio Government Telecommunications and the Legislative
Information Services Commission. This site offers citizens an opportunity to
watch House and Senate sessions live as well as to review archived footage of
previously recorded sessions.
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www.ohio.gov/contacts.htm contains a nearly complete list of every state
agency now online as well as a helpful list of phone numbers for citizens in
search of assistance.
State Parties
Democrat State Parties
Republican State
Parties
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www.ohio.gov/contacts.htm contains a nearly complete list of every state
agency now online as well as a helpful list of phone numbers for citizens in
search of assistance.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Fact
Check. org
is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for
voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in
U.S. politics. We monitor 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.
Brookings
Institute
The Brookings Institution, one of Washington's oldest think
tanks, is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to research,
analysis, and public education with an emphasis on economics, foreign policy,
governance, and metropolitan policy.
Common Cause -
A nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization.
National Civic League - A
study of local campaign finance reform, undertaken by the New Politics Program
of the National Civic League.
National Voting Rights
Institute - A leading legal center in the campaign finance reform field.
Using litigation and public education, the Institute aims to redefine the issue
of private money in public elections as the nation's newest voting rights
barrier.
opensecrets.org -
The Center for Responsive Politics website that tracks money in politics,
and its effect on elections and public policy.
Political Moneyline -
Find out who's giving money to whom. Detailed federal campaign finance data
by candidate, political action committee, contributor name or occupation, and
other variables.
Campaign - A
non-profit, non-partisan organization that helps citizen groups around the
country who are working for campaign finance reform in their states.
Sierra Club - The
section of their website dedicated to campaign finance reform.
POLITICAL INFORMATION
Institute for Politics Democracy and the Internet
- Run by the Graduate School of Political Management of the George
Washington University, Washington D.C. to promote online politics. Provides
links and research findings.
Center for National Policy (CNP) - A non-profit, non-partisan public
policy organization's website that tracks federal spending and lists how much
federal money is being spent in each Congressional district. Currently
information is posted on federal spending in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. There
are demographic profiles, maps showing geographic context and data on urban vs.
rural land use.
Political
Information.com - A targeted search engine for politics, policy and
political news.
Politics1.com -
Links to just about every political website there is: political parties; state
and local political information; international, national, special interest and
offbeat news resources; political humor and satire.
Other Links
ipl2 is the result of a merger
of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII).
Allsearchengines.com — Contains links to search engines and database
searches in many subject areas
American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution
dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics,
economics, and social welfare
Americans for Democratic Action works to advocate progressive
stances on civil rights and liberties, social and economic justice, sensible
foreign policy, and sustainable environmental policy.
The Statistical Assessment Service — A nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization dedicated to working with the media to improve public understanding
of scientific and statistical information
Midwest Democracy Center — A Chicago-based think tank that advocates for
cumulative voting, the instant runoff and election-day voter registration
Politics1 — A great overview of american politics, including extensive
information about parties and candidates
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