Through some of the things taking place on the homefront for me, I’m becoming acutely aware of the need for more people to care about elections. I’m specifically interested in local elections, but I’m not specifically interested in just increasing the number of votes cast.
What’s more important in my opinion is that for those individuals that do take the time to vote in national and local elections to be educated about what’s going on and who the people are they’re voting into office.
The Project Vote Smart website helps citizens do just that.
Thousands of candidates and elected officials. Who works for you? Who is seeking your vote? 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. As a national library of factual information, Project Vote Smart covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings. What would you like to know? Access our library of information through either the menu on the left hand side or the links above.
I encourage everyone to go out and vote in your next election. But before you do, please be informed and make intelligent decisions about your chosen candidates. It does matter.