Elections

Overviews

Free and Fair Elections
USIA Electronic Journal
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/0996/ijde/ijde0996.htm

United States Elections 2000
U.S. Department of State, Office of International Information Programs
http://www.usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/elect00/homepage.htm

Electoral College

The American Electoral College
by Ellis Katz, Temple University
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/eleccol/katz.htm

The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections
Congressional Research Service report details workings of the Electoral College.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/reports/ecollege.pdf

The Electoral College
http://www.fec.gov/pages/ecmenu2.htm

Procedural Guide to the Electoral College
http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/elctcoll/proced.html

Campaign Finance

Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money
Congressional Research Service report discusses the three major types of soft money: political party soft money, corporate and labor union soft money, and soft money used for issue advocacy communications.

Campaign Financing
Congressional Research Service report center on the enduring issues of high federal campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/reports/cfinance.htm

Election Procedures and Technologies

Congressional Authority to Standardize National Election Procedures
Congressional Research Service Report. November 27, 2000.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/reports/congauth.pdf

Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Contingent Election
Congressional Research Service report describes the contingent election scenario.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/reports/presvp.pdf

The Hatch Act
U.S. Office of Special Counsel
http://www.osc.gov/hatchact.htm

Presidential Elections in the United States: A Primer
http://www.fpc.gov/CRS_reps/crspres.pdf

Voting Technologies in the United States
Congressional Research Service report details methods of voting throughout the U.S., including computer-based systems.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/reports/voting.htm

Links to Election Resources