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View Resource Commission on Presidential Debates

The highlight of the Commission on Presidential Debates web site is the full-text transcripts of presidential debates from 1960, and 1976 to the present. Vice presidential debates from 1984 through 2000 are also included. The site is interesting in that the transcripts stand as testimony to what was really said in these debates, not allowing users to see how the candidates looked or what...

https://www.debates.org/
View Resource Elections: A Framework for Evaluating Reform Proposal

Even as many in the United States are focused on the threat of biological terrorism, some are turning their attention to last year's national crisis -- election difficulties and reform. Four reports, released this week by the General Accounting Office (GAO), give a wealth of information on how elections are currently conducted in the United States, what contributed toward votes going uncounted in...

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-02-90
View Resource Elections: Perspectives on Activities and Challenges Across the Nation

Even as many in the United States are focused on the threat of biological terrorism, some are turning their attention to last year's national crisis -- election difficulties and reform. Four reports, released this week by the General Accounting Office (GAO), give a wealth of information on how elections are currently conducted in the United States, what contributed toward votes going uncounted in...

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-02-3
View Resource Elections: Statistical Analysis of Factors That Affected Uncounted Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election

Even as many in the United States are focused on the threat of biological terrorism, some are turning their attention to last year's national crisis -- election difficulties and reform. Four reports, released this week by the General Accounting Office (GAO), give a wealth of information on how elections are currently conducted in the United States, what contributed toward votes going uncounted in...

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-02-122
View Resource Elections: Status and Use of Federal Voting Equipment Standards

Even as many in the United States are focused on the threat of biological terrorism, some are turning their attention to last year's national crisis -- election difficulties and reform. Four reports, released this week by the General Accounting Office (GAO), give a wealth of information on how elections are currently conducted in the United States, what contributed toward votes going uncounted in...

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-02-52
View Resource Getting the Message Out! National Political Campaign Materials, 1840-1860

Round about the middle of the 19th century, many politicians relied on the time-honored practices of broadsheets, barn-sized advertisements, newspaper endorsements, and other such forms of promotion to get the word out about their campaigns. This website, created by the Northern Illinois University Libraries, provides a close examination of this national popular political culture from 1840 to 1860...

https://digital.lib.niu.edu/illinois/lincoln
View Resource MotherJones.com: The Mother Jones 400

Using data from the Federal Election Commission which was compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) (see the July 10, 1999 Scout Report), Mother Jones has put together an eye-opening Website which reveals the nation's top 400 financial political contributors and what they may be expecting for their contributions. Users may browse the list of contributors by industry or individual donor...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2001/03/mother-jones-40...
View Resource Presidential Elections and the Electoral College: The Proceedings of the Electoral Commission of 1877

This Website from the Library of Congress features materials drawn from the American Memory's A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873 (see the March 20, 1998 Scout Report). Links are provided to substantial search results from the parent site for key events and topics, such as contested elections, electoral votes, the President-elect, the...

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwec.html