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Ballot Issues

For the current ballot issues for the November 4, 2008 check  the League of Women Voters website and the Board of Elections website

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 The Ohio Channel – your source for coverage of Ohio's official, state-government events and local programming. Provided to you by Ohio's Public Broadcasting Stations.

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Ohio House of Representatives http://www.house.state.oh.us

Who Are My State Legislators?

Legislative Web sites of interest

The state of Ohio manages a wide variety of Web sites that contain useful information on services provided by state agencies, boards and commissions as well as the legislation before the General Assembly. Some key Web sites include:

-- www.house.state.oh.us, which contains basic information on House committees, individual members and general information on house activities.

-- www.legislature.state.oh.us contains links to the text of all House bills as well as analyses and session schedules for the House and Senate.

-- www.ogtv.org, a collaboration between Ohio Government Telecommunications and the Legislative Information Services Commission. This site offers citizens an opportunity to watch House and Senate sessions live as well as to review archived footage of previously recorded sessions.

-- www.ohio.gov/contacts.htm contains a nearly complete list of every state agency now online as well as a helpful list of phone numbers for citizens in search of assistance.
 

State Parties
Democrat State Parties
Republican State Parties
-- www.ohio.gov/contacts.htm contains a nearly complete list of every state agency now online as well as a helpful list of phone numbers for citizens in search of assistance.
 

CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Fact Check. org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

Brookings Institute  The Brookings Institution, one of Washington's oldest think tanks, is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to research, analysis, and public education with an emphasis on economics, foreign policy, governance, and metropolitan policy.
Common Cause - A nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization.
National Civic League - A study of local campaign finance reform, undertaken by the New Politics Program of the National Civic League.
 National Voting Rights Institute - A leading legal center in the campaign finance reform field. Using litigation and public education, the Institute aims to redefine the issue of private money in public elections as the nation's newest voting rights barrier.
 opensecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics website that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy.
 Political Moneyline - Find out who's giving money to whom. Detailed federal campaign finance data by candidate, political action committee, contributor name or occupation, and other variables.
 Campaign - A non-profit, non-partisan organization that helps citizen groups around the country who are working for campaign finance reform in their states.

Sierra Club - The section of their website dedicated to campaign finance reform.

POLITICAL INFORMATION
Institute for Politics Democracy and the Internet - Run by the Graduate School of Political Management of the George Washington University, Washington D.C. to promote online politics. Provides links and research findings.
Center for National Policy (CNP) - A non-profit, non-partisan public policy organization's website that tracks federal spending and lists how much federal money is being spent in each Congressional district. Currently information is posted on federal spending in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. There are demographic profiles, maps showing geographic context and data on urban vs. rural land use.
Political Information.com - A targeted search engine for politics, policy and political news.
Politics1.com - Links to just about every political website there is: political parties; state and local political information; international, national, special interest and offbeat news resources; political humor and satire.