Rice Election Information

• Rice Voting Reference Page
• Legislator Information for the Rice University Area - contact information for both state and federal legislators for the Rice University area

Harris County Election Information

• Harris County Voter Registration
  • Searchable database of registered voters.
    
  • Also includes voter registration and address change information
    
• Harris Votes
  • Early voting locations
    
  • Educational information about the electronic voting system
  • Election day polling locations
    
  • Election results
    
  • English, Spanish, or Vietnamese versions
    
  • Sample ballot
    

Texas Election Information

• Texas Secretary of State Election Information
• League of Women Voters Texas
• League of Women Voters of Houston
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Election Results

• Texas Election Returns, Office of the Secretary of State
• Election Results links from the University of Michigan Documents Center (2006 & 2004)

• Congresspedia (Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Media and Democracy)

Political Parties

Additional Election Resources

• CNN.com POLITICS
  CNN political and election coverage.
  
American National Election Studies (ANES)
Research data on voting, public opinion, and political participation.

• Bobst Library Irwin Mann Voting & Democracy Virtual Library
  Collection of materials related to voting, elections, and electoral reform throughout the world.
  
• Campaign Finance Reform--Political Moneyline
  Non partisan federal candidate campaign money page "who gave what to which Federal candidates when.
  
• Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)
  Current and historical (state and national) information about women officeholders and candidates.
  
• Center for Responsive Politics -- Opensecrets.org
  Non-profit, non-partisan Washington, D.C. based campaign finance research group.
  
• Congressional Resources
  Annotated links for a variety of Congressional topics.
  
• Elections 2008
  Comprehensive University of Michigan site which includes general background information as well as links to information about candidates (presidential, congressional, and state), campaigns, policy issues, election results and voting, and academic research.
  
• Electoral-vote.com
  Originally designed to provide data about electoral votes. Now expanded to include polling data for federal house and senate races on a state-by-state basis.
  
• Federal Election Commission
  Financial information about candidates, parties, and PAC's.
  
• Federal Election Statistics
  Presidential and Congressional election statistics back to 1920.
  
• Federal Voting Assistance Program
  Information about how overseas soldiers and expatriate voters can request and get ballots by fax and e-mail as well as by the slower postal service. Also includes links for local election officials about postal regulations and envelope design for overseas ballots.
  
• League of Women Voters
  For local information see League of Women Voters of Houston and Texas State League of Women Voters
  
• National Journal
  A weekly (since 1969) publication discussing conventions and policy for the upcoming election.
  
• National Mail Voter Registration Form
  Register to vote from anywhere in the U.S.; check site for limitations in certain states; form is in PDF format.
  
• Polling the Nations
  No account or password necessary.
  Polling the Nations compiles 300,000 questions and responses from more than 12,000 surveys conducted in the United States and 70 other countries. 
   

• Project Vote Smart
  Information about candidates, Congress, and politics. You can also locate your representatives by zip code.
  
• Record of American Democracy (ROAD) 1984-1990
  Data includes election returns, socioeconomic summaries, and demographic measures of the American public at unusually low levels of geographic aggregation (SPSS, or SAS packages need to be used).
  
• Texas Ethics Commission Campaign Finance Guide
  Guide for candidates officeholders for all non-judicial state elective positions - good resource for information about candidate reporting requirements.
  
• United States Election Assistance Commission
  A national clearinghouse and resource for information and review of procedures with respect to the administration of Federal elections.
  
• U.S. House of Representatives - Look Up Your Representative
  Identify your representative by zip code.
  
• VoterWatch
  Search videos of Congress by keyword or speaker or both to find a specific issues or discover what your senators and representatives are saying. Click on a specific part of a video to email or include in a blog. Provided by a nonpartisan nonprofit organization.
  
• Who Represents Me? (Texas)
  Information about elected officials and their districts for districts of the Texas Senate, Texas House of Representatives, Congress (Texas delegation, U.S. House of Representatives), and the Texas State Board of Education.