ASSOCIATES (vol. 2, no. 3, March 1996) - associates.ucr.edu
INFO FROM THE SUPERHIGHWAY
by
Linda Putnam
Senior Library Technical Assistant
Document Library
Florida State University
putnaml@mail.firn.edu
Voting in America is not just a right and a privilege but a
necessity for all clear thinking Americans. I do not believe we
should sit back and complain about what goes on in Washington or
in our individual state legislatures if we will not even vote. It
is the responsibility of all Americans to GET OUT AND VOTE.
This is not a column to tell you how to vote. It is each person's
right and responsibility as a citizen to vote as his or her
conscience dictates. This column is designed to give voters the
resources for voting responsibly; knowing what the federal and
state issues are, how our representatives voted in the past, and
what some of the new candidates propose. If you do not see
something from your favorite party it is not because I am against
that party; it is because I have found no information online
about them. Not all political parties or organizations have the
resources to design and support a Web page, and some who have
designed them have not publicized them so that I could find them.
Again I wish to stress that I am not advocating one party over
another or one site over another, I am just encouraging you to do
a little research to learn who and what you are voting
for before you GET OUT AND VOTE.
Many of these sites overlap information and links but each has some
significant unique qualities to it. Please use them, enjoy them
and most of all GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!!!
Atlantic Monthly Magazine
http://www.theatlantic.com
A magazine devoted to politics, society, the arts, and
culture since 1857. It has a searchable political index
from the Atlantic Monthly Magazine.
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Thomas Legislative Information
http://thomas.loc.gov
Includes the Library of Congress Web Page; LC Marvel; US and
Senate Web Pages; C-Span Web Server; Legislative and
Executive Branch Information; Current Bills and Bill
information with a searchable index for the Bills.
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Federal Web Locator
http://www.law.vill.edu
Federal government information at your fingertips. Includes
one-stop shopping for federal government information.
Senate and House e-mail addresses; opportunities to comment
in the section "Empowering the Citizen"; recent House floor
actions; recent Joint Committee actions; and a virtual
tour of the Capital.
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StateSearch by NASIRE
http://www.state.ky.us/nasire/NASIREhome.html
Information and links to state information and state web
pages. A great resource for searching issues related to
your area of the country.
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The Big Vote
http://www.cvp.com/bigvote
This fun and completely unscientific site is for those of
you who want to express your opinion on current issues of
the day. It includes not only political issues but social
and entertainment issues as well. This fun site gives
immediate results of the voting. The fun part of this page
is that you may vote as many times as you want for any issue
(which also tells you why I call it unscientific).
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Political Activism Resource Server
http://www.kimsoft.com/kimpol.htm
Information on political campaigns, U.S. Congress, the U.S.
executive branch, political opinion polls, United Nations
information, foreign embassies in the United States, war and
peace, foreign government information, environmental issues,
human/cyber rights, political action organizations and a
political action resources list.
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Countdown '96 Election Resources
http://comeback.com/countdown/
Internet's most comprehensive resource for information about
the 1996 Presidential election, from parties and candidates
to issues and special interest groups.
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Kennedy School News Office
http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/~ksgpress/ksgnews.htm
The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a graduate
professional school at Harvard University that serves
society's demand for excellence in public service through
research, teaching, and executive training. It was founded
in 1936.
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US Government information Sharing Project
http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html
Includes many government links including census data,
demographic information, County and City Data Book, Bureau of
Labor Statistics information, Federal Reserve Board Data Set,
regional economic information systems, Stat USA, 1996 Budget, and
the Economic Report of the President 1992-1994.
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The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov
Information concerning the offices of the President, the
Vice President, Mrs. Clinton, and Mrs. Gore., the Cabinet,
independent federal agencies and commissions, the CIA,
consumer products safety and much, much more.
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Cap Web-guide to the US Congress
http://policy.net/capweb/congress.html
Information on the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of
Representatives, Library of Congress, e-mail, bills, votes,
laws, etc., Congressional support activities, Capital Hill
and Washington D.C. information, branches of the government,
links to campaign '96 and the Political Page.
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State and Local Government on the Web
http://www.piperinfo.com/~piper/state/states.html
State and local government on the Web FAQ, federal
resources related to state and local government, national
organizations, states, America's Job Bank, census
information, Council of State Governments and innovations
in American government.
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US Government Collection
http://www.epix.net/~alf/usgov
Includes the full text of the documents: U.S. Declaration
of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Federalist Papers and
historic speeches.
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New Hampshire Primary
http://unhinfo.unh.edu:70/0/unh/acad/libarts/comm/
nhprimary/nhprim.html
Original Internet forum dedicated solely to the 1996 New
Hampshire Presidential Primary.
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Taking Stock in Congress
http://www.motherjones.com
Taking stock in Congress, the race for the White House,
news, coin-op Congress, mojo plugs and live wire are some of
the links available in the Web Page.
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Jefferson Project
http://www.stardot.com/jefferson/
Information on political candidates, party campaign
headquarters, magazines, state resources, political humor,
issues and activists, the left, the right, the radical,
political watchdogs, libertarians, etc.
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Natural Law Party of the U.S.A.
http://www.natural-law.org/nlp
Party which advocates an end to divisive party politics,
which is paralyzing us on the local, state, and federal
levels. They say that a vote for them is a vote for
conflict-free politics for a problem-free nation.
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John Hagelin for President in 1996
http://www.hagelin.org/hagelin
Candidate for the Natural Law Party.
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Vote Smart Web
http://www.vote-smart.org
One-stop shopping center for political information. This
service, which links Project Vote Smart's unique database
with other sources found on the Internet, is research
assisted. If you have any trouble sorting through the maze
of political information available, their researchers can
direct you to what you are looking for.
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DEMOCRATS96 - Listserve
listserv@vm.marist.edu
in the body of the message type: SUB DEMOCRATS96
Your-full-name
This list is intended for discussion of the candidates'
positions on issues of interest, and they will attempt to
keep the discussion closely focused on the candidates'
positions. Not for general discussion of controversial
issues.
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REPUBLICAN96 - Listserve
listserv@vm.marist.edu
in the body of the message type: SUB REPUBLICANS96
YOUR_FULL_NAME
This list is intended for discussion of the candidates'
positions on issues of interest, and they will attempt to
keep the discussion closely focused on the candidates'
positions. Not for general discussion of controversial
issues.
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INDEPENDENT96 - Listserve
listserv@vm.marist.edu
in the body of the message type: SUB INDEPENDENTS96
YOUR_FULL_NAME
This list is intended for discussion of the candidates'
positions on issues of interest, and they will attempt to
keep the discussion closely focused on the candidates'
positions. Not for general discussion of controversial
issues.
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Item: Politics (Government) / A page of links to other sites, most
of them American but there are also international listings.
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Government/Politics.html
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Politics USA
http://PoliticsUSA.com
Facts, features, forums -- even fun. Check it out. Great
for teachers, students and anyone else who needs to know or
just wants to be an informed voter.