Voting/Elections: Websites

Find information on voter registration, absentee ballots and polling places, information about local candidates and more.

Enter your address to see who currently represents you and who is on the ballot for an upcoming election. Search the encyclopedia of American politics, a digital encyclopedia of American politics, and the nation’s premier resource for unbiased information on elections, politics, and policy..

Use the clickable map of NYS to get the address, phone number and enrollment statistics county by county.

Find healthy, secure, and safe ways to cast your ballot this year.

Everything you need to vote. Check your registration; Register to vote; Vote by mail; Polling place locator; and more. Site requires an email to check your registration.

Personalized voting information - See whats on your ballot; check your voter registration; find your polling place; discover upcoming debates in your area; and much more!

A nonpartisan site that digests key legislation in Congress and all 50 states into easy to understand summaries, making it easy to compare what your representatives said and how they voted during the campaign. Includes biographical and contact information. Vote Smart’s mission is to provide free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials to ALL Americans.

Find answers to common questions about voting in the United States.

Founded in 1920, the mission of the League of Women Voters is to “improve our government and engage all citizens in the decisions that impact their lives.” A major way the League realizes its mission is through public educational efforts. While the League is non-partisan, meaning it does not support or oppose candidates, it does have opinions, informed by research and study, on a wide range of political issues.

Learn about the presidential election process, including the Electoral College, caucuses and primaries, and the national conventions. Includes a video: How to Become President of the United States.

Find extensive resources about the presidential voting process, including the history and foundation of the Electoral College.

A useful history of the Electoral College, information on electors, FAQs, and links to more National Archives pages with information on U.S. elections and voting.

The Assembly is part of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly has 150 members, who represent 150 different districts throughout New York State. Together with the State Senate, the Assembly passes bills that affect people throughout the state of New York. The Assembly meets in Albany every year for a legislative session.

Besides passing upon legislative proposals and constitutional amendments, the Senate confirms or rejects nominations made by the Governor for the filling of certain State and judicial offices. It also sits at times as a court of impeachment, and can be convened in extraordinary session to perform either of these latter functions. The Lieutenant Governor while not a member of the Senate, is its President and presiding officer but, by constitutional enactment, has only a casting vote therein. The Majority Leader is also the Temporary President, presides in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor and is next in line to the Lieutenant Governor in succession to the governorship.

Find contact information for state, local, and tribal governments.

The National Governors Association [NGA] provides current governors’ biographies and terms in office, spouses’ biographies, former governors’ biographies, governors’ staff contact information and a searchable state database.

Each representative or congressman/congresswoman is elected to a 2-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states. Biographies, contact information, committees and legislative activity.

State Senator biographies and contact information, committees, legislation and voting records as well as chronology and descriptive history of the Senate.

The official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service.

The current administration and executive offices, news, issues, the history of the White House and information about past Presidents and First Ladies.

Launched online in 1997, Politics1 is published as a non-partisan public service to promote fully informed decision-making by the American electorate. One of the pioneering political blog and news sites, Politics1 has drawn a sizable and devoted audience of political professionals, journalists, educators, and activists.

Political Party Platforms 1840-present, plus Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches 1880-present, from The American Presidency Project at the University of California at Santa Barbara.