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general information

Voter Services - Lake County
Registration, voting early, absentee voting, polling place locater, ADA voting, more...

Lake County Democratic Party

Lake County Republicans

Polling Report.com
Ongoing collection of nonpartisan and partisan national polls.

Open Secrets.org
Find out where the money is coming from.

Fact Check.org
Discover the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players.

In Focus: 2008 Election: U.S. Census Bureau
Dates and voter information about upcoming caucuses and primaries.

Project Vote Smart
Biographical Information, Voting Records, Issue Positions (Political Courage Test), Interest Group Ratings, more...

U.S. Electoral College
Learn how the process works.

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presidential candidates' web pages

John McCain

Hillary Clinton

Barack Obama

Green Party presidential candidates

Libertarian Party presidential candidates

local elections - candidates' websites

U. S. Senate

Steve Sauderberg, MD (r)

Dick Durbin (d)

Larry Stafford(l)

U. S. Congressional race - District 10

Mark Kirk (r)

Dan Seals (d)

David J. Kalbfleisch (g)

Illinois Senate  - District 29

Sen. Susan Garrett (d)

Illinois House - District 58

Karen May (d)

Timothy A. Stratton (r)

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political blogs

The Caucus: New York Times Political Blog

Constitutional Matters Project
"Political commentary for liberals, conservatives & kooks".

Daily Kos: State of the Nation
Political analysis on US current events from a liberal perspective.

Election 2008: McClatchy
News stories from the McClatchy’s Washington Bureau.

ETalkinghead's Political Blog Directory
Find a blog with any political point of view in this directory of 512 political blogs.

Fact Check.org
A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Fact Check.org is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization attempting to monitor the factual accuracy of statements made by major U.S. politicians.

Huffington Post
Founded by Arianna Huffington and offering news and commentary on global and U.S. issues.

Instapundit.com
Law professor and author Glenn Reynolds offers a more libertarian view of current politics.

Michael Johns
Former White House speechwriter, Heritage Foundation policy analyst and award-winning conservative author and writer, provides periodic analysis on global affairs, the global and U.S. economy, and other topics.

Political Ticker: CNN
Political news blog.

Road to 2008.com
News collected from varied sources and links to other blogs.

Wonkette
A daily dose of D.C. and other political gossip.

election humor

War for the White House: The Onion

Indecision 2008: Comedy Central

books

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