Vote Smart
– cut here –Project Vote Smart, a citizen’s organization, has developed a Voter’s Self-Defense System to provide you with the necessary tools to self-govern effectively: abundant, accurate, unbiased and relevant information…. Project Vote Smart covers candidates and elected officials in five basic categories:· Background and contact information· Issue positions, provided by candidates through our National Political Awareness Test (NPAT)· Voting record· Campaign finances· Interest group ratings from over 100 groups across the ideological spectrum All of this information, along with public statements made by President, U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and Governors, voter registration forms for each state, contact information for state and local election offices, and much more is available through the Voter’s Research Hotline 888-VOTE-SMART and our Vote Smart Web site, www.vote-smart.org If you are interested in how your representative has voted on a bill, where their campaign contributions have come from, or what they have said in regard to a particular issue, we invite you to contact our research hotline, 1-888-VOTE SMART or visit us on the web at www.vote-smart.org.