Election and Voting Information Federal and Local

GOVERNMENT &  PUBLIC INFO SITES

• A Video on the New Voting Machines and How to Vote
• California On-line Voter Registration - Click the link!
• Department of Elections for the City and County of San Francisco - How to vote, Absentee Voting, Disabled Access, Being a Poll Worker, Candidate Guides, Election Returns.
• Casting a Ballot - From the Secretary of State: How-to register and vote, Absentee voting, Ballot measures, Election returns. All your need to know. 
• About Elections and Voting - Federal Election Commission.
• Voting vs. Voting Rights - US Code, Sec. 1971.
• Ethics Commission - Site map.
• Voter Fraud Handbook - From the Secretary of State.
• District Map - All districts.
• Tenth Supervisorial District - Description of the 10th district and all others.
• San Francisco Districts - and other city government sites (district boundary definitions, SF City government site, SF police web site, SF Dept. Pub. Works service numbers).
• Candidate Guide & Initiative Info - General Election.
• District Elections Report - This is a download report.
• DISTRICT ELECTIONS - Listing of all candidates and the websites.
• SF Voter Registration - San Francisco qualifications to vote, how to register, and time line to be able to vote. And their phone number.
• SF City Government -A clear diagram of the City government top to bottom with clickable links to nearly every department.
• Ethics Commission - site map.
• American Community Survey data - U.S. Census Bureau.
• Minutes of the Planning Commission - 1998 to -.
• The SF Sunshine Ordinance -General, Public Access to Meetings, Public Information and Public Records, Policy Implementation.
• The Freedom of Information Act - Full text of the Freedom of Information Act in a form showing all amendments to the statute made by the "Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996."
• FirstGov - a Project of the President's Management Council. Executive Branch,  Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch. Search Engine. 

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  Non-Profit Public Interest Groups and General Information

• The Voting Integrity Project - Defending your freedom by protecting your vote
• League of Women Voters of San Francisco - Upcoming Supervisor debates.
• Government Records and Your Privacy - Public records, State privacy laws, Confidential records, Policy considerations, Federal privacy laws. 
• The Voting Integrity Project - Defending your freedom by protecting your vote.
• Common Cause - "Holding Power Accountable"
• Opensecrets.org - who's making political donations in your area, which candidates your neighbors are supporting, and more.
• Broad Daylight - Ask questions and receive intelligent answers directly from more than 60 candidates, initiative campaigns and public policy experts.
• San Franciscans For Orderly Growth
• Grassroots.com
• ARC Ecology - A community-based grassroots public interest campaign for peace, environmental responsibility, a compassionate economy, and a just society in the San Francisco Bay Area, the nation, and international.
• Election2000 - Thoughts on the upcoming district election for S.F. Supes?
• National Low Income Housing Coalition - The Growing Gap Between Housing Costs and Income of Poor People in the United States.
• A First Amendment Center - Political Resource Site.
• RECALL WILLIE BROWN - We must gather 46,556 valid voter signatures (60,000) within 150 days. Download Recall Petition.
• SF Tenants Union - information.

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• History of SF Elections i - Press Release -  Exclusive Internet Report. Part One
• History of SF Elections II - Press Release. Part Two.
• History of SF Elections III - The Exhibits.
• DA Probing Suspected Voter Registration Fraud - Voters were seemingly registered to vote more than once in last election.
• District Elections Report - Report is by Solem & Associates and CAVEC (Chinese American Voters Education Committee). This is a download report.
• Report of the Last Election - Voting irregularities, unlatched voting boxes.
• The Soft Money Laundromat - Which special interests are trying to influence elections and public policies with unlimited soft money contributions (Common Cause).
• Charitable Organizations - Frequently Asked Questions from the Attorney General's office.
• Can tax-exempt organizations endorse candidates for public office? - Frequently Asked Questions from the IRS about Tax-Exempt Organizations.
• Take Back San Francisco - If you want to stay in this city, the Brown machine incumbents have got to go. It really is that simple. Comments on candidates. (SF Bay Guardian)
• Supervisor Races Get New Boost - Soft money seeping into campaign funds. District 11, boosting Supervisor Amos Brown, Linda Richardson, then spread its message to several other districts.(09/30 Chronicle)

• The Links page has even more detailed information links for the community and San Francisco as a whole. Including information on the Hunters Point Shipyard clean up, and important health information at Environmental Health. 

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