Federal Documents: Voter Resources
Louisiana Resources
- GeauxVoteHosted by the Louisiana Secretary of State's website, GeauxVote is a resource for Louisiana voters. If you need to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, or find out where you can vote, this is the site you need.
Research Help: Elections and Campaigns
- Election 2016, LexisNexisLexisNexis Academic provides users with a wealth of presidential campaign coverage. This link will retrieve recent news, transcripts, and international news coverage through LexisNexis.
- U.S. Election Assistance CommissionThe U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA).
- Voting and Election LawsFind the Constitutional amendments and laws that grant and protect our right to vote. Learn what constitutes an election crime and where to report it.
- Federal Election CommissionIn 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal elections.
Voter Education
- PolitiFactPolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in politics.
The heart of PolitiFact is the Truth-O-Meter, which we use to rate the candidates’ claims and attacks.
The Truth-O-Meter is based on the concept that – especially in politics - truth is not black and white. Depending on how much information a candidate provides, a statement can be half true or barely true without being false. - FactCheckFactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state and federal levels.