LibGuides: Voting Guide: Sample Ballots and Election Research

Sample Ballots and Basic Election Research

Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is a comprehensive political encyclopedia that deals exhaustively with election-related information.
Ballotpedia Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
This link is to a utility that, once you submit your home address, displays a projected sample of the ballot you will see when voting in the current election. It features detailed discussions of ballot measures and candidate biographies, for elections from the national to local level.
GA My Voter Page
In addition to your registration information, this site provides information about your elected officials as well as a sample ballot once the election approaches.
USA.gov
The Voting and Election page of the USA.gov site provides basic and accessible information about the voting process and how to make informed decisions at the ballot box. This is an official site of the federal government.
Vote411
Like Ballotpedia, Vote411 is a comprehensive source for nonpartisan election information. The site is a product of the League of Women Voters, a venerable nonprofit organization that has advocated for voting rights for over a century.
Vote Smart
Based in Des Moines, IA, Vote Smart provides factual information about political candidates, their voting records while in office, and their stances on various issues.

GALILEO Resources

GALILEO Bento Search
GALILEO, Georgia's virtual library, is an initiative of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. It's an online library portal to authoritative, subscription-only information that isn’t available through free search engines or internet directories. The Bento utility searches the entire library of databases and groups the results by item format (book, journal article, database, etc.)

Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 35 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, and The Washington Post. It also contains selective full text for 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers, as well as full-text television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, Fox News, NPR & others. It's a helpful resource for researching recent political events.
Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Points of View Reference Center contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue. This database provides content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context provides information on important current news events. The GALILEO database can help with writing a critical essay, researching a paper, or preparing for a debate. This database covers a variety of reference materials, commentaries, and viewpoints, periodical and news articles, primary sources, statistics, and multimedia.
U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Users of U.S. Newsstream can search for very recent U.S. news content as well as archives back to the 1980s, featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in full-text. The database also has a large collection of local and regional newspapers.