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U.S. Elections 2008 

Department of State: Guide to the 2008 Elections
http://uspolitics.america.gov/uspolitics/elections/index.html

Electronic Journal: The Long Campaign: U.S. Elections 2008
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa.html#1007

Department of State: USA Elections in Brief
http://www.america.gov/publications/books/elections-in-brief.html

How the Electoral College Functions
http://www.america.gov/st/elections08-english/2008/September/20080903151419ebyessedo0.2763788.html

Video
http://www.america.gov/multimedia/video.html?videoId=1691067637#tab728

Foreign Press Center
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/c21250.htm 

Foreign Press Center: chronology of political events October 2007 to November 2008
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/93337.pdf  

Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov 

Absentee Voting Assistance
http://www.fvap.gov 

Scholastic News
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm 

U.S. Electoral College: 2008 Presidential Election
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2008/ 

Facts for Features Special Edition: The 2008 Presidential Elections
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010725.html 

Council on Foreign Relations: Campaign 2008
http://www.cfr.org/campaign2008/

Presidential Candidates' Responses to the State of the Union Address, January 2008
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15371/presidental_candidates_responses_to_the_state_of_the_union_address_january_2008.html

Census Bureau: 2008 Elections Demographic
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2008/2008elections.html

Census Bureau Releases State Estimates of Voting-Age Population
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011463.html

Election Process Made Easier for Military and Overseas Voters with the Launch of New Ballot Tool

An estimated six million Americans who are members of the military or live overseas have a new way to ensure their vote for president counts this November, according to experts speaking at a high-level summit on military and overseas voters. Attended by members of Congress, secretaries of state and other election officials, “Democracy at a Distance: A Summit to Make Voting Work for Military and Overseas Voters” was convened by the Pew Center on the States, in collaboration with the JEHT Foundation.

At the summit, Pew and the Overseas Vote Foundation launched a new online tool that allows voters to complete the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) more easily and with fewer errors. This tool can be used by Americans covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act who have requested an absentee ballot from election officials but have not yet received it.

The need to help military and overseas voters is supported by a new bipartisan Tarrance/Lake poll commissioned by the Pew Center on the States and released at the summit. It found 96% of Americans believe it’s important that these voters get the chance to participate and vote in U.S. elections. The poll results also show that 81% of Americans favor creating a uniform national set of rules for military and overseas voters.

The new FWAB tool, available at www.overseasvotefoundation.org, provides an immediate solution for registered voters whose ballots are late or lost in transit. The site offers easy access to the “Vote-Print-Mail” system.