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Washington Post - TimeSpace World Interactive, global map that allows the user to find current articles, photos and videos from around the world. [http://specials.washingtonpost.com/timespace/world/]
Center for Voting and Democracy: The Electoral College - A Center for Election Reform Emphasizes how the system is set up to handle events when it doesn't work smoothly. Provides a detailed description of the history of controversial presidential elections. [http://www.fairvote.org/e_college/index.html]
Committee of 70 The Committee of Seventy is a non-partisan organization working to improve the Philadelphia region by demanding ethical conduct of public officials, educating citizens and safeguarding elections. [http://www.seventy.org]
FactCheck.org A "nonpartisan, nonprofit 'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. [http://www.factcheck.org]
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Federal Register: U.S. Electoral College This site assembles a variety of information and statistics on presidential elections, past and present, and includes an excellent FAQ section. [http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/]
Political Advertising Research Center Nonpartisan, independent program of the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership at the University of Maryland, which offers critical analyses and other research about political ads. [http://www.umdparc.org/]
Project Vote Smart provides detailed factual information about candidates and elected officials in five areas: bios, issues, voting records, campaign finances, and interest group ratings. It also covers local to presidential elections. [http://www.vote-smart.org/]
Tax Policy Center Independent, timely, accessible analyses of current and emerging tax policy issues. [http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/]
Teaching Tolerance A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. [http://www.tolerance.org | http://www.splcenter.org]
VotesPA Pennsylvania Department of State's online voting information and resource center. [http://www.votespa.com/]
Hurricane Katrina Resources from the Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII). [http://lii.org/search?query=hurricanekatrina]
Hurricane Katrina News Coverage on how Hurricane Katrina has affected librarians, libraries, and collections. [http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/hurricanekatrinanews/katrinanews.htm]
