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(an
active, local progressive group, web-accessible via Facebook only)
The Democracy For NW Ohio (DFNWO) email discussion list. Voter Information
Double-Check
your Ohio voter
registration record
Wood County Board of Elections (information about when, where, and how to vote in Wood County, and about who your elected officials are and how to contact them) Lucas
County Board of
Elections
(for residents of nearby locales including Toledo, Sylvania,
Oregon, and Maumee)
Social Justice Northwest
Ohio Peace Coalition (a Toledo-based peace
group)
EqualityToledo (working to eliminate discrimination against Ohioans based on marital status, sexual orientation, gender identification or gender expression) Environment Ohio
Citizen Action
(State-level action on environmental issues)
BGRecycling (recycling/disposal of toxic and other household waste) WCCOFF (Wood County Citizens Opposed to Factory Farms) Health Planned
Parenthood of Northwest
Ohio (reproductive health services; located in Toledo)
EducationTeenWire.com (Planned Parenthood's sex education site for teens; includes questions & answers about birth control and sexuality) Center for Choice (pregnancy abortion and health services; located in Toledo) Rebuttal
of Intelligent Design (from the American Institute of
Biological Sciences)
TeenWire.com (Planned Parenthood's sex education site for teens; includes questions & answers about birth control and sexuality) Other Organizations |
NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL Organizations Organizing for America (an
under-new-management BarackObama.com)
MoveOn.org
(a national
organization that has been
instrumental for political organizing in Bowling Green)
Democracy for America (a national organization that has been instrumental for political organizing in Bowling Green) News
Democracy
Now! (a national, progressive news program produced by the Pacifica
Radio Network;
the web site contains audio broadcasts and transcripts; users may
sign-up for a daily email digest containing Democracy Now! news
and
news links.
Media Matters (a research and information center dedicated to monitoring conservative misinformation in the U.S. media) NationalPriorities.org (resources for shaping federal budget and policy priorities that promote social and economic justice) Voting Records and Analysis
The Washington Post
maintains
a database containing analysis of the entire voting record for every member
of the U.S. Congress. Votes can also be searched by bill.
OnTheIssues.org - Summaries
of where polititians stand on various issues.
SmartVoter.org - This is a site sponsored by the League of Women Voters. It provides information about national and state officials, their stances, and voting records on various issues. The site also contains general information about elections. Political Contributions
U.S. Supreme Court HISTORICAL 2008 Electoral Results and Polls Electoral Projection Maps for 2008 at RealClearPolitics.com. These predicted outcomes of the 2008 U.S. Presidential election are based on polls. One map includes a "tossup" category for states in which the polls are very close. Another counts each state for a particular candidate, regradless of how close the polls are. 2008 polls for party and general election contests (at RealClearPolitics). 2008 polls by demographic category (at MSNBC.com). OpenSecrets.org
An
example of detailed data (Contributions
to J. Edwards, by sector).
Military
Commissions Act of 2006
Full
text of the version passed by both the Senate and the House, and signed
by the President (PDF).
Full text of the very similar House version. The House's file format allows the inclusion of some useful hyperlinks (XML). A non-expert summary and analysis of the law from a progressive's persective. |
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