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Registering & Voting in Douglas County
The Oregon deadline for voter registration for the November 7th, 2006 elections has already passed. However, you can visit the Douglas County Clerk's website for information on registering for future elections:
Douglas County Clerk's Office
The County Clerk is responsible for voter registration, collecting and overseeing all elections, and maintaining polling/drop boxes.
Register to Vote- Online Forms
Need more information on your rights and responsibilities as an Oregon voter?
Voting in Oregon: a Douglas County FAQ
Voting Instructions
Douglas County Voter's Pamphlet, Nov. 7, 2006
Don't have time to mail your ballot? Local Ballot Drop Sites & Hours
For more information, you can visit the Oregon Secretary of State's voter information website, OregonVotes.org.
Or reach Oregon's 24/7 Voter Hotline by phone: 1-866-673-8683 (866 ORE-VOTES)
Oregon Ballot Measures
Overview of the 2006 Ballot Measures : From the OregonLive.
Read a summary of each measure here, as well as editorials on each from the Oregonian staff.
2006 Oregon Ballot Measures Blog
A website maintained by Andrew Hall, "private citizen and registered Oregon voter." A one sentence summary of each measure is presented, along with the full text of the measure, the arguements submitted for and against each for the Oregon Voter's Pamphlet, links to editorials issued in the press around the state, and an area for site visitors to add their own comments for or against each measure.
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Elections-- Oregon & Nationwide
OregonLive: Elections Central
News, commentary, and online forums revolving around the 2006 elections statewide.
Wikipedia: Oregon Statewide Elections, 2006
Note: The information at this site/entry will change as the elections progress (and can be altered by anyone).
Vote411
A "one-stop source for election-related questions." Information about polling places, candidates, election registration and polling deadlines, and much more, sorted by state. Created by the League of Women Voters Education Fund.
Project VoteSmart
Project VoteSmart is a non-profit, non-partisan effort to provide information on national "candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings."
OpenSecrets.org
A resource site put together by the non-profit Center for Responsive Politics, OpenSecrets allows one to search for campaign finance reports for canidates and elected officials by region and justidiction. Each profile also includes a brief synopsis of past funding trends and when the offical is due for their next election cycle.
National Congressional and Senate Races, 2006:
C-SPAN: Campaign Network 2006 Election Forecast Map (with added content from Congressional Quarterly)
CNN: America Votes 2006
Fox News: You Decide 2006
NPR: Election Map 2006
New York Times: Election Guide 2006
Reuters: Election 2006
Washington Post: Key Races 2006
Election 2006
A general resource site from the University of Michigan Libraries GovDocs section on the issues surrounding the 2006 races, from candidates to campaign funding to major topics of policy debate.
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General Government Information Online: A Sampling
Douglas County e-Government Portal
Find out about county services, offices, and local government contact information here. Also has some forms available online to print out and complete.
Oregon.gov: State of Oregon's Government Web Portal
Information about statewide agencies, school district "report cards," Oregon-specific statistics, and much more is available here.
FirstGov
The official web portal to the U.S. Government with links to most federal agencies and a host of government services and information.
GPO Access
Online site for the Government Printing Office, the federal agency responsible for printing all federal documents and distributing them to depository libraries around the United States.
Thomas (From the Library of Congress)
Search for legislative data and congressional contact information, as well as the text and actions for bills in Congress.
Elections Websites Archived (2000 & 2002): MINERVA (From the Library of Congress)
These Election archives are a select collection of campaign websites related to their respective elections that have been saved and made accessable as historical collection through the Library of Congress online.
American FactFinder
Search the data from the U.S. Census, organized by region and community.
FedStats
A central portal of links to a variety of federal statistics.
FactCheck.org
A resource site from the non-profit Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania that "monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major US political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases."
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