League of Women Voters of the Barrington Area
LINKS TO WEBSITES OF INTEREST
- League of Women Voters of Lake County: The Home Page of our Lake County League
- Lake Michigan Inter-League Group: The Home Page of the Lake Michigan Inter-League Group which includes
all local Leagues in the Lake Michigan basin in a four-state region.
- League of Women Voters of Illinois: The Home Page of our State League
- League of Women Voters of the United States: The Home Page of our National League
- Democracy Network: The Democracy Network on the
Web is part of a larger effort to create non-profit, nonpartisan, interactive tools for
local, state and national political participation. It provides a unique opportunity to
debate issues of local, state and national importance. Candidates and elected officials
can upload or update their positions at any time.
- opensecrets.org: The Center for Responsive Politics is a nonpartisan, non-profit
research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Visit this site to read about campaign
finance laws as well as to determine who is giving and getting money in political campaigns.
- Illinois State Government: The Home Page of Illinois's Government
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- National LWV Legislative Action Alerts
- Library of Congress: A Wealthy Collection
- THOMAS: Full text of proposed national legislation
- Federal Register: Access to full text of government regulations
- Vote-Smart: Learn who represents you and how they vote.
- Illinois State Board of Elections: Search for information on filing for office, campaign disclosure, new candidates by name, district number, date of filing, etc. The site also lists objections, withdrawn candidates and home addresses of candidates.
- Illinois State Bar Association: Find judicial recommendations
- Chicago Bar Association: Find judicial recommendations plus an explanation of its rating system
- VoterInfoNet: Information on candidates for Cook County Voters