Politics

Conservative Cave - A Conservative Forum Conservative Cave - A Conservative Forum- Insight, commentary, and discussion of politics and current events from a conservative perspective. Conservatives Forum Conservatives Forum- Conservative News and Discussion Forum The American Right The American Right- Commentary and discussion of current events from a conservative point of view. Conservative Underground Conservative Underground- Provides editorial commentary, cartoons, and discussion forum on current issues, as well as news links. Conservative Discussion Forum / CDF Conservative Discussion Forum / CDF- Discussion board for conservative US and world politics. C-POL C-POL- E-mail discussion list where political, cultural and religious issues are highlighted from a conservative, constitutionalist perspective. Site also provides related links. Free Republic Free Republic- Online message boards for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. Gather at Free Republic to check notes, plan strategy, and talk about the issues of the … Lucianne.com Lucianne.com- Conservative forum for posting and discussion of current news items of a political focus. Includes selections by columnist Lucianne Goldberg. EPP Group in the European Parliament EPP Group in the European Parliament- Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in the European Parliament. News releases, policies and doc… Ulster Christian Democrat Party Ulster Christian Democrat Party- Provides platform for reform of church and state in Northern Ireland, including positions on constitutional structures and the bill of rights. Christian Democratic Union Christian Democratic Union- English-language articles, principles, leader profiles, and agenda of Germany's major center-right party. The Immigrant Voting Project The Immigrant Voting Project- Promotes discussion of immigrant voting rights (also known as resident voting, alien suffrage, and non-citizen voting) as a sensible policy to streng… May the Best Man Lose May the Best Man Lose- Discover magazine critical of winner-take-all and plurality systems, favoring proposals by Donald Saari and Steven Brams. Politicians and Polytopes mailing list Politicians and Polytopes mailing list- Preferential voting, and the mathematics of methods derived from or compliant with, principles of STV and FPTP. Wikipedia: Voting System Wikipedia: Voting System- Offer a comprehensive description of various voting systems including methods, criteria and history. Condorcet's Method Condorcet's Method- A pairwise election system where ranked ballots are used to simulate many head-to-head elections, where the winner is the candidate who wins all pairings. Elections, Electoral Methods and Electoral Law Elections, Electoral Methods and Electoral Law- Describes the voting system for German Federal elections, with discussion, statistics, and links related to unusual characteristics… The De Borda Institute The De Borda Institute- A Northern Ireland-based not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote the use of Borda voting and related voting procedures on all contentious questio… Approval Voting Approval Voting- Advocacy page for Approval Voting. Includes many theoretical examples which illustrate improvement over plurality voting. Accurate Democracy Accurate Democracy- Site explaining Condorcet's method and proportional representation, and their use in public elections and meetings. Free software included. Declared-Strategy Voting Declared-Strategy Voting- Group decision-making procedure in which preference is specified using voting strategies in a given scenario (for instance, a first-past-the-post electio… How Democracy Works How Democracy Works- Explanation two-party politics against left-right spectrum. Asserts that in perfect elections, candidates will appear equally imperfect, elections' voter turn… Whyfiles.org -- "Voting for better voting" Whyfiles.org -- "Voting for better voting"- Alternative voting systems could reduce chances for another election-day disaster Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project- Project set up to evaluate the current state and reliability of U.S. voting systems, and to propose specific uniform requirements and guidel… Approval Voting Approval Voting- A voting procedure in which voters can vote for, or approve of, as many candidates as they wish. Each candidate approved of receives one vote, and the candidate w… PR-Squared PR-Squared- A new electoral system which boasts the advantages of first-past-the-post, but retains the "fairness" of proportional representation. Elections: Results and Voting systems Elections: Results and Voting systems- Links to websites and articles on a variety of voting systems and suggested election reforms. Voting System Simulations Voting System Simulations- Millions of simulated elections, statistics gathered, utilitarian bests found. Advocates Acceptance/Approval, Borda, Condorcet, Rated, variations, while… Electorama Electorama- Home of the Election-methods mailing list. Discussion of single-winner election reform, the relative merits of different proportional representation systems, and the t… FairVote.org: The Center for Voting and Democracy FairVote.org: The Center for Voting and Democracy- Organization that researches how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance. Advocates proportional repr… Electoral Reform Society Electoral Reform Society- Campaigns for proportional representation and the Single Transferable Vote system in parliaments, assemblies and councils. Based in the UK, but informati… International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)- A private, nonprofit organization established in 1987 to support electoral and other democratic institutions in emerging, evo… ACME FIler ACME FIler- Provides an online financial management solution for federal political campaigns and committees. eFiles financial disclosures to the FEC, processes credit cards, and g… Gravis Marketing Gravis Marketing- Firm offering political robo calls, patch through phone calls, and automated surveys. My Election Connection My Election Connection- Custom printed campaign products. Cozality Cozality- Customer political campaign websites for candidates and non-profit causes. Online Candidate Links Online Candidate Links- Campaign directory for US political candidates. Republican Robo Calls Republican Robo Calls- Professional calling services for Republican candidates and organizations. Powell Phones Powell Phones- Political phone programs, including voter ID, GOTV, persuasion and advocacy for political campaigns. Political Robo Calls Political Robo Calls- Political robo calls and voice message broadcasting provider for candidates and campaigns. Runandwin.com Runandwin.com- Seller of campaign website and materials including signs, bumper stickers, labels, buttons and palm cards to candidates. VIVA Democracy VIVA Democracy- Provides online field campaign management systems and services for maximizing voter outreach efforts. Survey and Ballot Systems Survey and Ballot Systems- Providers of online and paper-based election systems, serving both governmental and private clients. Includes contact information and detailed descripti… Old Dominion Research Old Dominion Research- Provider of targeted political research for political candidates and political organizations, specializing in fact-checking, opposition research and vulnera… FreedomHQ FreedomHQ- Online retailer of patriotic and republican pins, bumper stickers, t-shirts, buttons and gifts. GOP Logo GOP Logo- Republican political campaign services. Site includes campaign marketing tactics and republican gift items. CampaignPros.com CampaignPros.com- Provides printed promotional marketing materials to political candidates. Inovar Packaging Group Inovar Packaging Group- Printer of yard signs, political products and other screen printed items. Telephone Town Hall Meeting Telephone Town Hall Meeting- Provider of telephonic conference call forums for political candidates to personally communicate and interact with voters while campaigning and while … Ballot Measure Domains Ballot Measure Domains- Leases domain names for ballot measure campaign committees.