The internet is a big place. So big that you sometimes just don't have the time or the know-how to find what you need to stay informed. Here are a few sites that might help:
Factcheck.org is a non-profit/non-partisan group of researchers who check the facts that politicians use in debates, commercials, speeches.
On the Issues is also non-partisan. It helps you find out what every candidate thinks on every issue. And how they vote on them.
Open Secrets is non-profit/non-partisan. They provide info on campaign finances. Isn't it interesting to know that big tobacco spends about 62% of its donations on Republican candidates and 38% on Democrats....
I always use the SmartVoter.org site to figure out what's up with all the superior court judges who are up for election. I like to know what they've been up to.
If you spend about an hour or so looking over this stuff when you get your sample ballot, you'll feel like a million bucks, I swear. You'll never know what a million bucks looks like, but maybe these sites can help you assess who's to blame.
Bookmark 'em.
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