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U.S. Elections and Voting

This guide sources of information on U.S. elections, voting, and political parties, including sources of voting records and campaign finance.

Election Basics

The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections
The electoral college explained by CRS.
National Archives & Records Administration: US Electoral College
All about the electoral college, historical statistics, faq's.
Directory of U.S. Political Parties.
"Launched online in 1997, Politics1 is published as a non-partisan public service to promote fully informed decision-making by the American electorate. One of the pioneering political blog and news sites"

Guide to U.S. Elections
Call Number: MCK REF JK1967.C662 2010
How to Research Elections by Fenton S. Martin; Robert U. Goehlert
Call Number: MCK REF JK1976.M38 2000
Voting in America. by Felchner, Morgan, ed.
Call Number: MCK REF JK1976.V69 2008 vols. 1-3
Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections. by Sabato, Larry.
Call Number: MCK REF JK2261.S218 2006
Political Parties and Elections in the United States by Louis S. Maisel (Editor)
Call Number: MCK REF JK2261.P633 1991
Resource Guide to Modern Elections by Fenton S. Martin; Robert U. Goehlert
Call Number: MCK REF JK1976.M37 2000
CQ's resource guide to modern elections : an annotated bibliography, 1960-1996 by Fenton S. Martin; Robert U. Goehlert
Call Number: MCK STKS JK1976 .M37 2000

Available a full year before the 2000 elections: the most current and complete annotated guide to finding information and research literature on American national elections since 1960.

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Subjects: Government and Politics

Tags: elections, voting