INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE?

 

 

The websites below are links to non-partisan, independent, and bi-partisan groups that evaluate public policy, verify facts, and advocate political reform.

 

 

·        http://www.vote-smart.org

Find out who your federal and state representatives are by using your zip code.  This site also compiles the voting records of state and federal representatives, their policy positions, their endorsements and ratings by hundreds of advocacy groups.

 

·        http://www.brookings.edu

The Brookings Institute has multiple centers devoted to various policy issues.  Recently they began monitoring the 2004 presidential campaigns, evaluating advertisements for accuracy, and studying the costs of various programs advocated by each of the major candidates.

 

·        http://www.ctj.org

Want to find out what the real impact of proposed tax changes and current policies are on the national and local level?  Visit the website for Citizens for Tax Justice.  Read well-researched evaluations by experts in the area.

 

·        Party and candidate websites:  In addition to the bi-partisan and independently run websites, you can also find out what candidates and parties advocate.  Most major parties and candidates have websites that explain their position on major issues and outline their agendas for the future.  A quick search on any major search engine like Google, Yahoo, Infoseek can yield results in seconds.