Notes and cases for:

Events and meetings

read the news, oh, boy

Links:
ecology
social justice
grassroots
peace/nonviolence

local area political directory

 

 

 

GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY
THE GRASSROOTS (Democracy and democratic movements)
voting methods, especially IRV
Center for Voting and Democracy
Reform America, Inc.

Instant Runoff Voting
TOMPAINE.com on Instant Runoff Voting
Ferndale residents for Instant Runoff Voting
Yahoo groups: Instant runoff voting Michigan
Proportional Representation Library
Fix Our United States
Inclusive Democracy
Representation and Democracy
Reclaim Democracy!
Alliance for Democracy

Other electoral reforms:
Voters' bill of rights:
Voter march 2000 another version:
Global Exchange
Gotham Gazette - "a plea for same day registration"
Wikipedia article on voter registration issues
Rich Stevenson -- National election day holiday
votejustice.org "Celebrate our democracy - make election day a national holiday!"
Count every vote:
www.blackboxvoting.org Also, click on past 24 hrs.
www.verfiedvoting.org


campaign finance
The Federal Elections Commission
Electronic Filings -- Michigan campaign finance reports
Open Secrets -- The Center for Responsive Politics
The Center for Public Integrity
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
Michigan votes (who got what from whom in Michigan elections and tracking of legislation)
Follow the Money -- National Institute on Money in State Politics

National Voters' Rights Institute (advocates reconsideration of Buckley v. Valeo, re:campaign expenditures limits)
Project Vote Smart (contact info, voting records, campaign finance)

the media
FAIR -- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Jeremy Bentham's blueprint of the panopticon
See wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon


The Mediachannel -- ownership (download global ownership chart)
News and data on media ownership
PR Watch -- the Public Relations Industry (Check out Spin of the Day)