The American Democracy, 10th Edition (Patterson)Chapter 18:
State and Local Politics: Maintaining Our DifferencesWeb Links
| Ballot Watch | | Provided by the Initiative & Referendum Institute, Ballotwatch provides regularly-updated status reports on initiatives and referendums for statewide ballot.
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http://www.ballotwatch.org/
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| Project VoteSmart State by State Information | | Project VoteSmart is a nonpartisan research organization, begun in 1990, devoted to giving balanced information on government and candidates in the United States. Their state-by-state information page leads to rich lists of information sources on each state, along with a short almanac-type entry attached to each individual state's page.
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http://www.votesmart.org/official_state.php?src=mystate
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| National League of Cities | | The official site of this American city confederation. Political advocates and practitioners will find much of use here.
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http://www.nlc.org
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| County Information by National Association of Counties | | Clickable map leading to detailed county information, including census data, maps and further Internet links. The site also provides an overview of programs and research sponsored by the National Association of Counties.
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http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/NACo_FindACounty.aspx
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| Key Municipal Internet Sites Index | | Topical arrangement of policy, news and research resources related to municipal government—set up by the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
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http://www.mma.org/index.php?option=com_weblinks&Itemid=76
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| Yahoo List of State Auditing Agencies | | State auditors are responsible for accountability in government.
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http://dir.yahoo.com/government/u_s__government/politics/political_issues/government_fraud_and_waste/u_s__state_agencies/
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| Yahoo State and Local Links | | Choose "government" once inside a particular state or locality.
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http://d3.dir.ac2.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/State_Government/
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| Stateline.org | | Has news headlines, issue analysis, state-by-state links, statistics on the states, and background resource links.
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http://www.stateline.org/live/
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