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Smart Voting Starts @ your library® • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Smart Voting Starts @ your library®Project Vote-Smart | Vote-Smart @ your library™
At a research facility in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of idealists (both conservative and liberal) volunteer their time researching backgrounds and records of over 12,000 candidates for public office. The results of this research on voting records, campaign finances, position statements and more are available both on their website and in print. Project Vote-Smart was founded in 1992 by 40 national leaders including former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. It is dedicated to providing unbiased and accurate information on those who would hold political office. It is nonpartisan, non-profit, independent, objective, reputable, mission-oriented and thorough. "Project Vote-Smart provides a comprehensive database about more than 40,000 candidates and elected officials for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governors and State Legislators. Profiles of these individuals include: contact and biographical information, key votes, issue positions, campaign contributions, interest group ratings from over 100 liberal to conservative groups." (Source: 2002 Voter's Self-Defense Manual) Three major publications are available from Project Vote-Smart: The Voter's Self-Defense Manual - 88 page booklet with information about candidates and elected officials. (available free at RBC Library) The Reporter's Source Book - overview of major national issues. (available at RBC Library) The Vote Smart Web YellowPages - a directory to the Project Vote-Smart website and to other sites with pertinent information. (Available at RBC Library) Project Vote-Smart has a website at http://www.vote-smart.org and a toll-free Voter's Research Hotline at 1-888-Vote-Smart (1-888-868-3762).
Dr. McNeer, President of RBC, looks at the Vote Smart Web YellowPages. Project Vote-Smart provided the display and the free materials. "Change the Face of Democracy" by voting smart. And to vote smart, one needs to be informed. The free materials from Project Vote-Smart, available in the RBC library, and the Project Vote-Smart website are an excellent way to locate information on contact information, key votes, campaign contributions and more.
Robert Fitts and Ralph Ketcham hang the banner supplied by Project Vote-Smart.
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