VOTE!

So I've been out of touch for a while - real life called, and writing deadlines and family. But it's election time (as if you couldn't tell from the onslaught of silly campaign ads), and time to get down to the business of separating fact from fiction (as much as possible) and trying to make some educated election decisions.

To that end, I've pulled my four favorite civic engagement resources to highlight here:

• Project Vote Smart - by State:  http://www.votesmart.org/mystate_summary.php
• Open Congress: http://www.opencongress.org/
• ACLU Congressional Scorecard: http://action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?page=voteList
• Politifact: http://www.politifact.com/ 

Of the four,  I prefer Project Vote Smart, with its clean, comprehensive profiles of candidates and issues, and considerable background reference links.  You can also find a big collection of civic engagement and education links and resources on the menu bars to the left and right.

So good luck, and vote carefully out there!

PHS