USA VOTING 411 Be an INFORMED Voter!

Be an Informed Voter on November 4TH, 2008.
ELECTION 2008: These are some great informative sites to help you decide who to vote for on 11/4/2008. They will also help you in understanding the election process and answer most any question you may have about our election system.

http://glassbooth.org/about
Using questions and weighting, this site connects you to the presidential candidate that represents your beliefs the best.

http://www.vajoe.com/candidatecalculator.html
Takes 24 issues, ranks and calculates your candidate.

http://www.votesmart.org/
Issues, candidates, voting records, Electoral College, all kinds of stuff!

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/calendar.asp?cycle=2008
Primary schedule is as partial information provided by this site.

http://www.answers.com/topic/united-states-presidential-election-2008?cat=tec...
The number of electoral votes by state are provided by this site.

http://www.declareyourself.com/?gclid=CO7IkrDO3Y8CFQHHIgodCz5P0wAbsentee%20Ballot%20Request%20and%20more%20411!
Absentee Ballot Request and more 411!


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These sites should answer any questions that you may have regarding the election process or any of the candidates and how their positions match up with your opinions.

If you have any questions after visiting these site or want to chat about the upcoming election, please feel free to message me and we can chat! I have strong opinions, but my I can agree to disagree as long as you are informed!

This GAL's OPINION BACK-UP On WHY the ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORKS FOR THE USA!

The Electoral College system WORKS and is supported by the US Constitution. http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa102200a.htm

Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants the power to elect the president and vice president to the states through the Electoral College system. Under the Constitution, the highest-ranking U.S. officials elected by direct popular vote of the people are the governors of the states.

To be brutally honest, the Founding Fathers did not give the American public of their day much credit for political awareness.
The Founding Fathers also felt the Electoral College system would enforce the concept of federalism -- the division and sharing of powers between the state and national governments.

Under the Constitution, the people are empowered to choose, through direct popular election, the men and women who represent them in their state legislatures and in the United Sates Congress. The states, through the Electoral College, are empowered to choose the president and vice president.

http://www.funtrivia.com/en/World/Electoral-College-13750.html
Over 700 amendments have been proposed to modify or abolish the Electoral College. All have failed.

Actually-The "largest groups" who oppose the Electoral College system are usually Democrats and those people living in Large States. Smaller states benefit from the Electoral College. A voter in Wyoming has a much greater chance of affecting the election than a voter in California. Even though California has a huge number of electoral votes, it also has a huge number of voters. Proportionately, the states with the low electoral votes are better off having the electoral college. This favors states in the Rocky Mountains, Midwest and Deep South where Democrats don’t do so well.

REMEMBER: The President is a FEDERAL POSITION and ALL STATES SHOULD COUNT!

Your State Senators and Congressmen/women will vote on behalf of your state. After the polls close, the Senators and Congressmen cast their votes for the candidate that their state chose.

A total of 270 votes are needed to be elected President of the total 538 possible votes.

In 2000 there were only 2 states that did not operate under the "winner take all" method. They were Nebraska and Maine. The other 48 states and D.C. are winner take all electoral votes.

Here's a map with the electoral points for each state in 2004:
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/electorl.gif