Election Information

• California
• National
• Historical

California and Sonoma Elections

• Easy Voter Guide
  Produced by the California State Library, with the Secretary of State's office and the League of Women Voters.
  
  
• Sonoma County Registrar of Voters
  Information on the local issues and voting here in the county:
  • Absentee ballot information
  • Find your polling place
  • Sonoma County election results
    
    
• Elections page - California Secretary of State
  Candidate lists, propositions, voter registration forms in English and Spanish.
  • Statewide California election results
    
    
• The California Voter Foundation
  Clear non-partisan explanations of the ballot initiatives, as well as information on the state senate race, the national race, and funding sources for the candidates and initiatives.
  
• California League of Women Voters (smartvoter.org)
  Their "Smart Voter" program allows you to customize election results for your interests.
  
• Project Vote Smart
  Non-partisan information on elections and campaign contributions. Enter your zip code and find your sample ballot, plus a list of Federal and State elected officials.
  
• CA Ballot Propositions, 1944 - present
  Want more information on this aspect of California's unique politics? Barbara Friedrich, Head of Reference at the Law Library at Santa Clara University has compiled this list of the Propositions, for each election year.
  
• California Ballot Propositions Database
  Hastings College of the Law has a database of Proposition information, with the explanatory texts, voter pamphlet text, related legal and legislative histories, and PDF images of the original pamphelts. The database goes back to 1911.
  
• National Voter Registration Form
  You can print out the form (PDF format) and send it in. The address to mail your form is in the instructions on the form.

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National Elections

• C-SPAN news and election results
• CNN - Election results
  
  
• Project Vote Smart
  This non-partisan organization provides information on the elections nationwide.
  
• Federal Election Commission
  The skinny on the financials of the candidates.
  
• opensecrets.org
  From the Center for Responsive Politics. Detailed information on contributions to candidates. Includes a way to see how much was given to whom in your area code.

Historical Election Results

• JoinCalifornia.org
  Election history for the state of California. Includes state legislative races since 1898, and federal and statewide offices since 1849. Contains current and historical candidate biographies, political party capsule histories, and legislative district maps.